SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider the case.
- St Anne High School is included in a Johns Hopkins University study that identifies 55 Illinois schools as “dropout factories,’’ schools where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year.
- Chilo S. Brading, 31, is charged with four felony counts of unauthorized videotaping Tuesday. He allegedly used a hidden miniature camera to film a 14-year-old family member as she showered on four different occasions.
- Police from several agencies captured a man in Kankakee Tuesday afternoon near Mark Twain School and Taylor Dodge after he fled from a hit-and-run accident in Momence.
- The Sammons Point proponents will be back in court Friday to revisit the fight for incorporation.
- The Wilmington Coalition, the group formed to battle substance abuse in the wake of a heroin problem sometime back, celebrates a year worth of success.
- Several folks have filed for Will County board seats.
- Robert Gorman withdraws bid to replace Jerry Weller as congressman in the 11th District.
- John Clark, operator of Shannon’s License Shop auto title and license business in Danville, has been indicted for forgery and theft for defrauding the State of Illinois out of title fees.
- The Peotone School Board looks at recommendations of a committee on growth —the issue of locating where to build remains undecided.
- Dr. Michael Corcoran, OAK physician, just received his NFC championship ring from the Chicago Bears. As a team doctor, he’s entitled to one.
- The village of Limestone will be hosting an annexation meeting for residents of the Heil Estates subdivision at 5:30 pm on Thursday.
Leonille “Lee” Nourie Kempen, 103, of Beaver Dam, Wis., formerly of Kankakee, died Oct. 28 at Sylvan Crossing at Hunters Ridge Assisted Living Home in Beaver Dam, where she had resided since 2000. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, with a 3 p.m. wake service, at the Senesac Funeral Home, Kankakee. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Kankakee.
Frank Waterman, 83, of Beecher, died Tuesday (Oct. 30, 2007) at his home. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hack Funeral Home, Beecher. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Beecher.
Gae N. Seibring, 59, of Watseka, died Tuesday (Oct. 30, 2007) at her daughter’s home in Mahomet. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Friday until the 1 p.m. services at the Segur-Knapp Funeral Home, Watseka.
Police from several agencies captured a man in Kankakee Tuesday afternoon near Mark Twain School and the Taylor Dodge car dealership after he fled from a hit-and-run accident in Momence.
Chilo S. Brading, 31, was charged with four felony counts of unauthorized videotaping Tuesday. He allegedly used a hidden miniature camera to film a teenage family member as she showered on four different occasions. Brading, who lives at 189 S. Fulton Ave. in Bradley, was arrested by police on Monday.
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police are searching for the wife of a suburban Chicago police officer who’s been reported missing.
The Cavaliers captured the win in four games, with the score of 32-30, 30-28, 32-34, 30-19.
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CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Investigators searching for a woman who disappeared during a jog through a south suburban Chicago forest preserve found a body Tuesday and police said they believed it was the missing mother of three.
