Fairs, festivals and more
Your online guide to summer fun
Time to plan for summer fun. From local community celebrations to county fairs and Illinois getaway locations, the Herald News provides this online guide to affordable family fun. And remember to send us your snapshots from the local festivals in jpeg format to
fvpreaders@gmail.com.Include names and brief description with photo.
• Google Map: Local fairs and festivals
• Google Map: Kendall Co. fairs and fests
• Online: Heritage Corridor
• Google map: Find a pool
• Online: Visit Joliet
• Online: Illinois county fairs
• Online: Illinois state parks
• Online: Illinois State Fair
• Online: Illinois getaways
I scream, you scream ...
... we all scream for ice cream!
Our GO section is planning a story on the area's best ice cream shops and we'd like your input. Tell us about your favorite spot for frosty treats and why you think it licks the competition.
GREEN HOUSE BLOG
My veggies are plenty green
I love local farmers markets, because I can get produce I don't normally get. I pay less than I'd pay at a specialty store and I know it didn't take tons of carbon to come to me. This week, I'm tackling the Sputnik of veggies: kohlrabi. What are you buying/growing/getting locally? Is it from your garden, a farmers market or a CSA box?
• More Herald News blogs
FARMERS' MARKETS
Farm-fresh shopping guide
This is the season for farmstand produce, fresh-cut flowers and homemade products. We have a complete roundup of farmers' markets in the Will County area. Just click on our locator map and find the market closest to you.
• Plainfield farmers market returns
• Google Map: Market locations
This camp brings together kids, cops
The last school bus pulls up near the picnic pavillion at Pilcher Park and the kids rush to get on. Several police officers watch from picnic tables as the boys and girls
made up of 10- to 12-year-olds from every ethnic group and neighborhood
in the city run across the field. Some of them turn to wave before
boarding.
Lane Bryant case won't be on TV
Police recently turned down the chance to tell the story of the Lane Bryant massacre investigation on national TV. That's because it was a cold-case show and the Lane Bryant
investigation is anything but that, Tinley Park police Cmdr. Pat McCain
said.
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• City looks to expand inspections of rentals
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• Teenage (job) wasteland
• Birkett running for Illinois attorney general
• A ticket for driving 1 mph over? It's baloney
This camp brings together kids, cops
Joliet homeowner injured in eviction
Cops nab man in classic '65 Chevy Corvair
School district's new budget saves $100,000
JJC board OKs budget with tuition increase
Palin resigning as Alaska governor
Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson’s home
Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried
Obama appeals to skeptical Russians
Something to talk about »
Daisy is all ready for the Fourth of July weekend, wearing her patriotic spirit on more than her sleeve.
For East, it's baptism under fire
For the new kid on the area high school football block, varsity-level
competition arrived without so much as the sounding of a full-speed
ahead whistle. Rather, there was some brief stretching. A little game of catch. Then, Plainfield East met Naperville North. The two hooked up in Round One of 7-on-7 play Tuesday night.
Correll's heroics lift JackHammers
The Joliet JackHammers scheduled fireworks for after Thursday's night series finale with the Kansas City T-Bones.But JackHammer manager Wally Backman didn't want to make the crowd of
3,892 wait until after the game, which ended with Brad Correll's
two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning that snapped
the Hammers' six-game losing streak and gave them a 6-4 win.
• Avlas keeps Hammers' pitching staff on even keel
Crisp whites, cool reds for summer
Wine isn't like your wardrobe. No need to wait until Memorial Day to bring out the whites or save that sparkly red for a holiday party. Still, there is some reason to sip with the season — as the temperature climbs think crisp, light, tangy.
• Two Buck Chuck maker sets sights on Australia
• Cool down this summer with creamy shakes
• Have a dog-gone good Fourth
• Astro-graph
• Chroncling Independence Day traditions
