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Riverside police arrested a 34-year-old Munster, Indiana, man who was later charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon after police found a loaded .762-caliber semiautomatic rifle along with a drum magazine for the rifle loaded with 70 rounds and three loaded handgun magazines inside his pickup truck during a routine traffic stop on June 23 at about 3:25 p.m. on Ogden Avenue.

Chicago-based Tony’s Fresh Market will open the doors to a new location in Joliet, Ill., on June 29. The store will be located at 1801 West Jefferson St. on the site of a former Kmart and will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., according to the grocer’s website.

COUNTRYSIDE, Ill. (CBS) -- U.S. Rep. Sean Casten won the Democratic primary for the redrawn 6th Congressional District Tuesday evening. Casten fended off a challenge from Rep. Marie Newman – who now represents the 3rd Illinois Congressional District, but instead ran in the 6th after the 3rd was redrawn. Casten won 63 percent of the vote compared with 33 percent for Newman, and 4 percent for third candidate Charles Hughes. From the south, the rewdrawn district includes Orland Park, Alsip, and Oak Lawn, and it goes as far west as parts of Wheaton up to Lombard and Elmhurst. The district...

On June 28, 2022 at approximately 3pm a water break occurred near Joliet Street and Forest Ridge Dr. Due to the conditions of the repair, water system pressure may have dropped below 20 PSI. Under rules set forth by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the Schererville Water Department is required to issue a precautionary boil water advisory for human and animal consumption until testing is completed and found to be free of contaminants. We anticipate receiving passing results by Saturday July 2, 2022.

Two Indiana men are accused of trafficking guns from Indianapolis to Chicago last week. Devante Brown and Corey Sartin are charged with conspiracy and willfully dealing firearms without a license. Federal prosecutors say Brown and Sartin illegally sold ten firearms, including two privately made “ghost guns,” to undercover law enforcement officers in Calumet City.

A Garfield Ridge native has been named head boys’ volleyball coach at St. Laurence High School. Laura Bugarin “brings a wealth of volleyball knowledge to the Vikings, with 11 years of coaching experience for 1st Alliance Volleyball Club, Illinois’ top USA Volleyball (USAV) club and a nationally ranked program,” school officials said.

Five Indiana Democrats, including State Rep. Chris Campbell and Senate candidate Tom McDermott, appeared in West Lafayette on Monday afternoon as part of a push to encourage voters to participate in this fall's midterm election in the wake of last week's Supreme Court decision that struck down the constitutional right to abortion.

Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau has earned the Republican nomination in Illinois’ 6th Congressional district and will face Rep. Sean Casten in the November general election, NBC News has projected. Pekau, who earned an endorsement from Casten’s 2020 opponent Jeanne Ives, ran on a campaign focused on fighting against...

There are all kinds of fundraisers that benefit Special Olympics Illinois, but none is faster than the Five-O at the Dirty-O, the annual stock car race at the famed Dirt Oval 66 racetrack (known to fans as the Dirty-O) in Joliet. Five-O at the Dirty-O is a charity race featuring...

Creative business training opportunities will be happening around Indiana this summer. The Indiana Arts Commission and the Indiana Small Business Development Center say the training sessions aim to improve small-business creativity in order to help them stay viable in today’s marketplace. The IAC says more than 250 entrepreneurs from around the state will assist in the Next Steps Creative Business Training Program, being held in various communities this July and August. Locally, South Shore Arts in Gary will host a program entitled “The Art of Business” at the Miller Beach Arts and Creative District on Thursday, August 18th, beginning at 9:30am at 540 South Lake Street. All training sessions through the Next Steps Creative Business Training Program are free of charge. For more information on the program, or to register, click here.

Five nonprofit organizations will receive a share of donations raised through the 2022 NWIBRT Hard Hat Charity Golf Outing. The post Five nonprofits will receive share of NWIBRT charity golf outing proceeds appeared first on Northwest Indiana Business Magazine.

Election official Gerald Gaskew did not have a copy of The Lansing Journal to take a photo with, but he did have “the Lansing Journal lady,” as introduced by fellow official Connie Simon. Because of his dedicated service to Lansing voters on Election Day, we decided to make an exception and allow this entry into our Lansing Journal Journeys series.

LANSING, Ill. (June 28, 2022) – Lansing resident and author Elvis Slaughter has published a biography about the first NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) president, Moorfield Storey. Slaughter’s 11th book, Moorfield tells the story of the first president’s activism and civil rights work. Storey, a...

"I Voted Stickers" (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Manhattan School District 114 referendum has passed. Voters marked yes to allow the district to use bond money or a loan of up to $85 million to build a fourth school. The referendum easily got through with 66% voting yes. The district is using...

Increasing costs are creating challenges for Hammond's American Rescue Plan projects. Last fall, the city council approved a list of projects totaling almost $39 million. But Mayor Tom McDermott Jr. told council members Monday that costs have gone up by about $9.6 million from those initial estimates. "I hate to...

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Frankfort man who allegedly possessed and transported sexually explicit images of children has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. BRANDON J. BERGTHOLD, 35, of Frankfort, Ill., is charged with possession and transportation of child pornography, according to an indictment returned Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The federal charges carry enhanced sentencing penalties, including a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison and a maximum of 40 years, due to a prior qualifying conviction involving a minor, for which Bergthold has had to register as a sex offender.

GARY, Ind. — Robert Vern Rodgers, born on July 12, 1964, in Gary, Indiana, passed at St. Louis University Hospital on June 19, 2022, at the age of 57. He is survived by his loving mother, Bonnie Rodgers; his two older sisters, Susan Rodgers, and Vicki Rodgers; and has joined his father, Marion Rodgers, in the next life. He is also survived by his loving and devoted wife, Ronda Rodgers; his five caring children, Teresa Boyce, Andrew Rodgers, Tiffany Sims, Timothy Rodgers, and Shyla Rodgers; and his eight grandchildren, who he shared all of his love with.

LANSING, Ill. (June 28, 2022) – Lansing residents can anticipate a partly sunny high of 83 on Wednesday. Current conditions, the four-hour forecast, and the five-day forecast are presented below. (On mobile, only three hours and three days are shown.) Details are continuously updated throughout the day:. Have a...

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–South Suburban College (SSC) has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to various educational opportunities on the Main Campus in South Holland, at the Oak Forest Center and via a virtual learning environment. SSC plays...