Flock to the Rock

It’s Eagle Watch Weekend at Starved Rock State Park this weekend, Saturday, Jan. 28, and Sunday, Jan 29. ... Read More »

Will County Land Use Department wins Public Integrity Award

NEW: 5:51 p.m.
The Will County Land Use Department has been recognized nationally for its efforts in bringing government to the people and enhancing the transparency of its operations. ... Read More »

2012 ‘Bigs’ of the Year Selected

Lenard Denham of Bolingbrook and Sarah Peterson of Morris were honored Thursday, Jan. 26, as the “Bigs” of the Year for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties. ... Read More »

Local News

Will County Land Use Department wins Public Integrity Award

NEW: 5:51 p.m.
The Will County Land Use Department has been recognized nationally for its efforts in bringing government to the people and enhancing the transparency of its operations. ... Read More »

Flock to the Rock

It’s Eagle Watch Weekend at Starved Rock State Park this weekend, Saturday, Jan. 28, and Sunday, Jan 29. ... Read More »

Regional News

Alleged victim of hate crime said he ‘might be dead’ if he hadn’t escaped from a house

CHICAGO (MCT) — Joshua Merritt said he had no reason to be suspicious when one of his friends texted him, asking him to hang out with two other teenagers they both knew. But a ... Read More »

Art Institute receives $500,000 pledge for exchange program with India

India's government is pledging $500,000, plus more in travel expenses, to the Art Institute of Chicago as part of a new professional exchange program between India and the mus ... Read More »

World News

Defense budget plan wouldn’t cut as much as Pentagon says

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials on Thursday announced the outlines of what they called a pared-down defense budget, but their request would increase baseline spending beyond t ... Read More »

New initiative will coordinate probes of mortgage meltdown

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new effort to investigate the causes of the nation’s mortgage meltdown will focus on coordinating the often overlapping state and feder ... Read More »

Sports

Outdoors fishing, hunting, boat and RV expo returns to Sandwich

What to do, what to do? The calendar pages from mid-January until the end of winter can be hard for an outdoors enthusiast. Even die-hard predator hunters and ice fisherman ha ... Read More »

Morris wrestlers earn split in NIB12 duals

Morris sophomore wrestler Cody Decker had been waiting for the call all year. Little did he know that the call up for his first match at the varsity level would be a literal o ... Read More »

Lifestyle

Marriage Wows

Not only was the new Jenna Rease's wedding featured on the TLC show "Four Weddings," but her honeymoon was also paid for by the show because she was the winner of the episode on which her ceremony appeared. ... Read More »

Police Reports

Man admits hitting parked car while he was backing

Justin P. Kopczick, 23, of 2418 Parklake Drive in Morris, told Morris police he was backing down Goold Park Court, towards Nettle Street, Tuesday, Jan. 24, and sideswiped a ve ... Read More »

Florida man sentenced for sexually abusing Will County girl

A Florida man who traveled to Will County to have sex with a young girl he had befriended on the Internet was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow. ... Read More »

Opinion

Tempestuous wind blows through primary

Perry’s new era is nothing compared to the new era facing the Republican party ... Read More »

Not model behavior

While the vast majority of should-be role models work hard to live up to expectations, there have been far too many examples in recent weeks – both locally and on a national level – of role models who are failing to live up to the high expectations to which they should be held. ... Read More »

Neighbors

Winning writers

Shabbona Middle School students in Mrs. Carol Anderson’s Accelerated Language Arts class wrote essays for the VFW. The title was “Are You Proud of Your Country?”  Students did ... Read More »

Obituaries

Margery V. Anderson

Mrs. Charles (Margery V. “Marge") Anderson, 97, of Morris, Ill., passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, Jan. 24, 2012, in Walnut Grove Nursing Home. Friends may call on Frid ... Read More »

Robert Braxton Bussey

Mr. Robert Braxton Bussey, 78, of Millbrook, Ala., and formerly of Morris, Ill., passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 24, 2012. Born Dec. 14, 1933, in Athens, Ala., he was ... Read More »

National Video

Reader Poll

Who do you feel is more responsible for the country's problems right now?

Barack Obama.
George W. Bush.
Congress.
State and local officials.
All of them are to blame.

Blogs

» Aisle Do
Aisle Do

A wedding blog, with a twist?

Weddings are stressful, fun, but stressful. Well, I should say wedding planning is stressful.
» Morris Mirror
Morris Mirror

Bears conduct second round of GM interviews

Phil Emery and Jason Licht are interviewing for the Bears' general manager job for a second time today. Theo Epstein being spotted at Starbucks this is not.