Coal City

Landin Benson nabs a lot of the headlines and for good reason, but it's a whole team effort that has Coal City in the 4A semifinals.

Donnie Ladas' late fumble recovery was followed by a fourth-and-inches conversion by Landin Benson to give Coal City a 20-13 win and send the Coalers to the 4A state semifinals.

Coal City Mayor David Spesia and Village Trustee CJ Lauterbur spent their youths in the military, but they've since stepped into a different kind of service in helping the Village of Coal City function.

Fire broke out in Diamond home early Sunday morning. Two others injured.

Search our table to see what designation your Morris or Grundy County school received on the 2024 school report card.

This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released school- and district-level data showing what percentage of Grundy County students were considered proficient in math and reading last year. Check out this chart to see if that's an improvement over the prior year.

The firm is one of only three funeral homes internationally to receive the Best of the Best Award in 2024.

A collection of salons calls Diamond Suites home, set in the remodeled building that once housed Diamond Jack's pub in the community of Diamond. Still available is a retail or restaurant space.

The following marriage licenses were recorded Sept. 10-Oct. 2, 2024, at the Bureau County Courthouse.

The railroad crossing at IL Route 113 in Coal City will be closed for repairs beginning on Oct. 7.

A Morris man died after losing control of his motorcycle when he possibly came in contact with a deer in Grundy County on Monday.

The Cove is a nutrition club offering customizable beverages for health and wellness. Its menu includes protein shakes, protein coffees and loaded vitamin teas.

As restrictions in cellphone use increase across the US, local educators discuss what has been done and what could be done in the future to keep the students focused in the classroom.

A road construction project in Plainfield will lead to the closure on Monday of a section of Indian Boundary Road for the next three months.

Marvin and Kris Perino, who have owned and operated Babe's Tap in Coal City since July 1989, are retiring at the end of the month.

Jaci's Resale Shop, owned by Jaci Theobald, is now open in the building behind ATI and the Smoke Shop at 2615 E. Division St., Coal City.

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a flood watch for Grundy, Livingston and Will counties as the remains of Tropical Storm Beryl enter the area late Tuesday through Wednesday morning.

A number of neighboring departments assisted the Seneca Fire Department in extinguishing a two-story house fire on South Hossack Street.

Firefighter/Paramedic William Perry of the Coal City Fire Protection District has been awarded the State of Illinois Medal of Honor.

Judge Dave Carlson will decide Monday whether Jeremy Boshears should be released from jail ahead of a second murder trial.

Donations for Anthony Pens, 26, and Alyssa Pens, 14, who both require round-the-clock health care, can now be made at a Coal City bank.

Anthony Pens, 26, and Alyssa Pens, 14, both have Heredity Spastic Paraplegia Type 35 and require round-the-clock care. Their disease is so rare that only 51 people in 19 families are documented in medical literature.

Ashley Bodhaine, 36, formerly of Shorewood and now of Ottawa and single mom of an 11-year-old daughter, is organizing the Rock Circus Featuring Hairbangers Ball on April 27 at The Forge in Joliet to raise awareness of concussions and money for the Concussion Legacy Foundation.

A Will County judge has not yet decided whether a man convicted of killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws motorcycle clubhouse should receive a new trial based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct.

Waylon was born shortly before Memorial Day at 25 weeks gestation – 15 weeks ahead of his Aug. 30 due date – weighing 1 pound 12 ounces. He spent 186 days at Silver Cross Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit in New Lenox and is now doing really well.

All Coal City Schools will be dismissed beginning at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18.

The Village of Coal City’s third annual fall festival will be held Friday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 16.

Morris Hospital is expanding its orthopedics and sports medicine practice by adding Dr. Ahmed Eldib, a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon.

Four local cities and villages have been announced as recipients of the Community Development Block Grant for Housing Rehabilitation.

State Sen. Tom Bennett, R-Gibson City, will be hosting traveling office hours throughout the 53rd Senate District through the end of December 2023, including regular stops in Streator and Coal City.

Dr. Paul Perona, a board certified orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in adult joint reconstructive surgery, now is seeing patients at the Morris Hospital Orthopedics & Sports Medicine office at 1306 Gemini Circle, Suite 2, Ottawa.

After retiring as Channahon's police chief in 2017, Jeff Wold will retire again as Manhattan's police chief. He said he may still yet have a career in law enforcement on a part-time basis.

Wills began at Morris Community High School in 2007

After graduating from Coal City High School, Jeremy Unger obtained his teaching degree from the University of St. Francis in 2009, where he played tennis. After graduation, he returned to his hometown as a math teacher and tennis coach.

Betsy Cowherd never thought about being anything other than a teacher, even as a child.

Here are the unofficial April 4 election results for Morris and Grundy County.

We've got updated unofficial election results for Joliet and Will County for you here

The Lemont boys basketball team won its seventh straight on Wednesday. That plus more from girls and boys basketball contests in the area.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Danielle Good was just 3 years old at the time of the attacks

SWAT team called in for barricaded subject

The Grundy County Sheriff's office awarded two citizens with the 2019 Law Enforcement Outstanding Citizen Award, for assistance they gave to the department during a high speed chase that led officers into oncoming lanes of traffic on I-55.

The Coal City Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that took place Thursday afternoon at the Mobile Generation Verizon Store on Division Street in Coal City.

For Feb. 9, 2018: Note to readers: Information in police reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office. Individuals listed in police reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proved guilty in court.

Jeremy Boshears, 32, appeared on video in Will County Circuit Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes' courtroom, where his attorney, Neil Patel, said he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

A Coal City man charged with shooting and killing his bartender girlfriend pleaded not guilty at his first court appearance Monday.

For Sept. 14, 2017: Note to readers: Information in police reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Individuals listed in police reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proved guilty in court.

For Sept. 5, 2017: Note to readers: Information in police reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Individuals listed in police reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proved guilty in court.

For March 14, 2017: Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proved guilty in court.

For Jan. 24, 2017: Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff's Department. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proved guilty in court.

For Nov. 29, 2016: Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff's Department. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proved guilty in court.