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Both suspects caught after carjacking

Published by admin on Wed, 08/21/2019 - 10:12am

Both suspects involved in a carjacking and 50-mile police chase to Wilmington have been caught.

That's as of 9:50 a.m.Wednesday after a five-hour manhunt that had Wilmington residents on high alert and officials cancelling school.

Reconstruction rolling along

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 7:25pm

Coal City residents and those who travel South Broadway through the heart of the village are starting to notice some big changes.
Four months into the South Broadway reconstruction project, there is visible progress now that the contractor has curb and gutter installed on the west side of the roadway.
“There’s been a lot of underground work and that’s the slow part,” Coal City Mayor Terry Halliday explained.
The reconstruction project began in early April with the installation of a new natural gas main followed by underground infrastructure.

Cannabis sales outlawed in Diamond

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 7:24pm

Cannabis will not be grown, cultivated, infused or sold in the village of Diamond.
Last week, the Diamond Village Board unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting cannabis business establishments within the municipal boundaries.
The board’s action is in response to a new state law making the recreational use of marijuana legal effective Jan. 1, 2020. While municipalities can’t prohibit its use, they can regulate sales and public consumption.
The law provides local governments the ability to allow, prohibit or significantly limit cannabis businesses.

Coal City approves land sale

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 7:23pm

The Coal City Village Board accepted a bid for the sale of city property, but they didn’t go with the highest bidder.
The 2.5-acre parcel of land, declared surplus property earlier this year, is located adjacent to Railroad Street between the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific rail lines. It once belonged to the village of Eileen.
After years of maintaining the land the village board determined it was in the town’s best interest to declare the site as surplus and offer it to the best bidder.

Coal City outlines $200,000 in road expenditures

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 7:22pm

South Broadway is not the only street in the village of Coal City that will undergo repairs this construction season.
Town officials have agreed to expend $200,000 on road projects including crack sealing, patching and engineering.
“It is necessary for the village to annually repair its worse sections of streets and roads with available capital funding in order to prolong the life of the existing infrastructure,” Village Administrator Matt Fritz said.

Stop the bleed

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 7:21pm

Throughout her adult life Diamond Mayor Terry Kernc has been focused on the health and safety of the public, so when she heard about a life saving program being rolled out at area high schools, she wanted to take it a step further.
Through a grant from ComEd, the mayor and village of Diamond have provided the Unit 1 School District with lifesaving equipment they hope will never have to be used.

Council to decide on cannabis prohibition

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 6:27pm

The City Council was slated to consider an ordinance prohibiting any type of non-medical, adult-use cannabis business, from growing to processing to selling, in the city of Wilmington on Tuesday.
As of press time, that ordinance was expected to be approved, because opponents knew they didn’t have the votes to defeat it.

Foundation asks city for better park care

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 6:25pm

Volunteers who have spent time and money the last two summers cleaning up the city’s parks would like the city to step up its game where park maintenance is concerned, and for city officials to consider transferring at least one park to an entity that should be taking care of them.
The first big project the members of the Community Foundation for Wilmington Parks, Recreation and Improvement tackled was the Children’s Memorial Park in Northcrest last year — at that time they were just a group of like-minded volunteers who later became the foundation.

Festival will celebrate St. Rose of Lima

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 6:23pm

Staff report
St. Rose of Lima, for whom the local Catholic Church was named, will be remembered and celebrated around the world this weekend, on or about her feast day, including here in Wilmington.
The St. Rose parishioners invite the community to their first Feast Day Festival on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the church, 603 S. Main St. Activities are planned throughout the day for all ages.
St. Rose Catholic Church in Wilmington opened its doors in 1855.

Proposed ordinances allow solicitors, stricter open burning regulations

Published by admin on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 4:25pm

An ordinance proposed at the Tuesday, Aug. 13, Braidwood City Council meeting would allow individuals to solicit alms—donations—in Braidwood.
Soliciting alms door-to- door, on any highway or thoroughfare or other public place in Braidwood — with the exception of organized public charities — is currently prohibited, as stated in Sec. 58-166 of Article VI of Chapter 58 of the City of Braidwood’s Code of Ordinances.
The proposed ordinance repealing this is an effort to comply with the general consensus of the courts in recent cases.