Michele Lester wasn't always big. Tall, yes, but not fat. An active child, she loved basketball and played on her high school team in Kansas. She moved to Joliet in 1984 and worked as a correctional officer at Stateville for six years.
• Bypass only for morbidly obese
• Considering a stomach stapling procedure?
Martins preaching a family affair
JOLIET — They have been called as men of God, says the Rev. Edward
Martin, 54, and his sons, Wendell, 20, and Rodney, 25. Edward, who is
pastor at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, has five sons, but did
not expect any of them to choose the ministry. Rodney said watching his
father caused him to say he did not want to be a minister when he grew
up. "We saw my dad seven days a week," Wendell added. "We heard the
phone calls at 3 a.m. from people who needed prayer."
• Martins preaching a family affair
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Carriers' tragedy
JOLIET - The three Herald News Carriers missing since Sunday were
found dead inside their white minivan after it was pulled from the
bottom of the Des Plaines River.
• Carriers' tragedy
• Burglar shows no sympathy
• Hundreds bid farewell to family of carriers
• Bockhols remembered at memorial service
Rev. Barrett is reinstated after review
ELMHURST — One of 10 Roman Catholic priests from the Joliet Diocese who
were removed from their ministries amid sexual-abuse allegations has
been reinstated.
• Rev. Barrett is reinstated after review
• A concern for all faiths
• Strife behind the scandal
• Diocese to reveal cases' cost
NASCAR in Joliet
From the Racin' the Bases charity softball game to NASCAR races at
Chicagoland Speedway, racing fever made its annual return to the Joliet
area. See the races, the celebrations, the fun and the fans through the
lenses of Herald News staff photographers.
Is radium scare just a bubble?
JOLIET — Fears about health risks linked to elevated levels of
radium in drinking water are unfounded, say city officials and some
scientists.
• What is RSS?
• Park Board says no to racking up expenses
• Engineering exhibits
• Games a coup for athletes, city
One year on killer's trail
As we stood there in a shaded spot of the Illinois & Michigan Canal
towpath bike trail, a bicycle rider sped by. The rider's hair was cut
short just like the suspect's hair.
• One year on killer's trail
• Widow raising money for reward
• Family hits I&M trail for clues in murder
• Clues sought in slaying
