Plainfield police shut down 119th Street east of Route 59 in Plainfield due to whiteout conditions Tuesday evening. (Michael R. Schmidt/Staff Photographer)
Update: The blizzard watch is off for Will and Grundy counties, but whiteout conditions were cited by Plainfield police as they closed 119th Street east of Route 59. And the severe winter storm warning remains in effect through 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Riders can use credit cards at 76 outlying Metra stations where there is a ticket agent on duty and at vending machines at the 14 busiest Metra Electric stations beginning today.
Plainfield N. stumbles in fourth
Plainfield North followed a familiar course during a 44-43 nonconference loss to Naperville North on Saturday.
Like they have done in nearly all of their losses, the Tigers (17-5) struggled through a bad stretch, rallied to take a lead, then lost a close decision.
South rises again in Plainfield
The 15-point halftime lead was gone with 1 minutes 35 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Certainly Plainfield South had led long enough. It was time for Plainfield North to take control of Friday night's Southwest Prairie Conference and District 202 battle.
Channahon's Confederates
Historical researcher Gina Wysocki is convinced Confederate prisoners of war were once in Channahon, thanks to an eyewitness who claims to have seen the bodies when the abutments were sunk to build the Interstate 55 bridge -- Smith bridge -- near the Des Plaines River.
Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty to manslaughter
Michael Jackson’s doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary
manslaughter in the death of the pop star. Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25, entered his plea Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged. He could face up to four years in prison if convicted. Murray was charged early Monday, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star's stunning death last summer. • Case delayed to Monday for Michael Jackson's doctor
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