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Life, the Liberty 5K and the pursuit of 500 runners

The fourth annual Liberty 5K Run/Walk is just around the corner and promises to be an even bigger event this year, so participants are encouraged to register early. ... Read More »

Softball has to wait

“We have found that it’s a short time to schedule games and get the program up and running,” Saratoga Dist. 60C Board President Kathleen Cheshareck said of a planned softball program. ... Read More »

New beginnings

New Morris girls basketball coach Kate Carey is certainly no stranger to Redskins basketball. After all, she is a 2002 graduate of Morris, and she’s been a freshman coach in t ... Read More »

Regional News

Storms scrape across Chicago area

(MCT) — A line of powerful thunderstorms rolled through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, forcing a temporary halt to commuter train traffic and canceling hundreds of flig ... Read More »

Madigan still mulling challenge to Quinn

(MCT) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Tuesday did little to ease months of speculation about whether she'll challenge Gov. Pat Quinn next year, saying she has ye ... Read More »

World News

Congress grills NSA chief Keith Alexander about spying

(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Increasingly uneasy senators subjected Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, to a tough grilling Wednesday as congressional co ... Read More »

House members voice skepticism about surveillance programs after briefing

(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Members of Congress on Tuesday expressed growing doubts about the way the country’s top-secret surveillance programs are managed, even as the top legisl ... Read More »

Sports

Blackhawks counting on each other

(MCT) BOSTON — The sun still came up over the Blackhawks' team hotel in Boston the day after they fell behind 2-1 in the Stanley Cup Final. "It feels like the end of the world ... Read More »

Indians summer focus has just been on shooting

The summer basketball season is just getting started for the Minooka girls, but already extra emphasis on shooting by the Indians has paid off. On Tuesday at the Morris Ladies ... Read More »

Lifestyle

Frighteningly Fun

You won’t want to miss any of the fiendishly fun events Fox Country Players is planning as they prepare for the Theatre Arts Academy that takes place July 8-28. ... Read More »

Police Reports

‘Big firecracker’ sparks investigation

Responding to a call of a possible explosion, Morris police discovered a “live homemade explosive device” in an alley on Chapin Street Sunday. Morris Police Chief Brent Dite s ... Read More »

Marseilles man arrested for stabbing

MARSEILLES — A Marseilles man was arrested June 15 after he allegedly stabbed another man multiple times, Marseilles Police Chief James Hovious announced Monday. Justin C. Sei ... Read More »

Opinion

Your Ever-Vigilant Friends

Please accept our most egregiously sincere apologies for the difficulties and inconveniences the secret monitoring of your phone records and email and GPS units and foreign travel and bank accounts and yes, even your snail mail has evidently caused. ... Read More »

Response to leaks borders on hysteria

Spy work holds deep allure for many people. My own career as a secret agent began as an outgrowth of training beagle hunting dogs. See, I needed new antennas for the little radio transmitters in the animal’s collars -- which, combined with a directional antenna and multi-channel receiver, helped me bring the little rascals home alive at day’s end. ... Read More »

Neighbors

60th anniversary: O'Hara

Mr. and Mrs. Jim (Ruth) O’Hara, of 1308 Brendan Dr., Morris, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 23, 2013. Jim O’Hara and the former Ruth Froehlich exchanged ... Read More »

Obituaries

Ida Mae Grant

GARDNER — Mrs. Ida Mae Grant, 76, of Gardner, Ill., passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home in Joliet, Ill. Born Feb. 2, 1937 in Morris, I ... Read More »

LeRoy Clemons

Mr. LeRoy “Ford” “Clem” Clemons, 68, of Morris, passed away Saturday afternoon, June 15, 2013 in his home. Born Aug. 9, 1944 in Starke County, Ind., LeRoy was the son of the ... Read More »

National Video

Blogs

» Grammar Moses
Grammar Moses

Journalists Found to Be Serial (Comma) Killers

When the 2013 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook was released recently, National Public Radio noted the occasion.
» Grammar Moses
Grammar Moses

Journalists Found to Be Serial (Comma) Killers

When the 2013 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook was released recently, National Public Radio noted the occasion.

Reader Poll

What is your stance on a proposed 1 percent sales tax to fund local school building projects?

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