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Joliet police nab teen after threat

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

A freshman at Joliet West High School was arrested Friday on a charge of disorderly conduct for writing a bomb threat on a urinal that spurred two searches at the school, police said.

Channahon reviews funds for Will Co. CED

By JEANNE MILLSAP For Sun-Times Media — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

The village may withdraw it support for the Will County Center for Economic Development this year.

No tattoos, day care business instead

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

A new business opening in the 900 block of West Jefferson Street in Joliet is a big step for owner Staci Martin, who plans to run a daycare there. It is also a big change for what previously was planned for the location.
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Slain soldier was 'angel of the family'

By DAN ROZEK and JOE HOSEY Sun-Times Media — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Update, more details: Michael Pearson, the 21-year-old Bolingbrook man who died in the Fort Hood massacre Thursday, was remembered as "the angel of the family," a good student and a virtuoso musician who relished time with family and friends.

Will County clerk holds ballot lottery

From Submitted Reports — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots held the simultaneous filing lotteries Thursday for ballot placement in the Feb. 2 General Primary election, Schultz Voots announced.

Powers running for circuit spot

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

Will County Associate Judge Mike Powers is running for circuit judge.

Fort Hood suspect said goodbyes

The Associated Press — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship -- common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier.

Fort Hood victims reasons for enlisting

By The Associated Press — Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:00 CST

The following are profiles of some of the 13 people killed, including a young Bolingbrook man, when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. Thursday:

Briefs: Audubon society

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

The Will County Audubon Society will present a program, "My Life with the American Kestrel," at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the Barber-Oberwortmann Horticultural Center, 227 N. Gouger Road.

Man sentenced for New Year's rape

Sun-Times Media — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:42 CST

A Joliet man described as a "despicable degenerate" was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for raping a teen on New Year's Day in 2008.