The city of Marseilles has a new slogan after the city council meeting on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service is inviting Grundy County residents to become severe weather spotters.

The Morris High School Board of Education on Monday heard an update about the Rival5 RLock security system. Superintendent Craig Ortiz said the district has been working with Rival5 for several years.

Livingston County Sheriff Tony Childress will be awarding one $500 scholarship to an Illinois student who is pursuing higher education.

The Grundy County Farm Service Agency would like to remind area producers that signup is underway for the 2019 and 2020 agriculture risk coverage and price loss coverage programs.

Three new businesses could be coming to the Morris area. The Morris Planning Commission later this month will hear from representatives with the GW Property Group LLC as they want to construct two buildings at 2655 Sycamore Drive, which is commonly known at the Big R subdivision.

A rezoning change that would have allowed a business to operate in the 5000 block of West Route 6 was denied by the Grundy County Board on Tuesday.

A Cook County man who threatened to kill two Wilmington Police Officers was sentenced on a gun charge out of Will County this week. Larry Thomas, 26, of Chicago pled guilty to Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, a class four felony and was sentenced to two years probation as well as serve 1…

DNA and what is referred to as, "genetic genealogy," that helped to solve a cold case in DuPage County, could aid in proving a Kendall County homicide case from 1980.

A new study from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority finds that many police officers are carrying naloxone to help prevent opioid overdoses.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

More renovations will be happening to the auditorium inside Morris High School.

The Grundy County Board on Tuesday tightened restrictions on chickens on residential property. Grundy County Land Use Director Heidi Miller explains.

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday arrested a local man wanted on four warrants.

On 1/14/2020 at approximately 8:20pm, the Minooka Police Department became aware of a suspicious incident that occurred in the morning hours on El Dorado Court. It was reported, as a juvenile waited for the school bus an unknown male approached him. 

State Representatives David Allen Welter and Lindsay Parkhurst announced today the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity awarded the Village of Coal City a total of $500,000 in Community Development Block Grants for housing rehabilitation.

An application requesting rezoning to allow for a truck sales company near the Remington Woods neighborhood in Channahon was withdrawn at Monday’s meeting of the Channahon Planning and Zoning Commission.

The Marathon Gas Station in Seneca was allegedly burglarized around 1:30 a.m. on January 8th. 

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

The Red Kettle campaign in Grundy County concluded last month and was deemed a success. 

A Cook County woman who stole more than $600 in baby formula and other items from a business in the 2,000 block of South Ridge Road in Minooka last September has been sentenced.

A state-wide competition winner from Verona is now headed to the national stage.  

For the past several months, Grundy County Board members at various committees have discussed placing three non-binding referendum questions on the November 2020 Election ballot.

The Securities Exchange Commission filed a complaint in Chicago Federal District Court  on December 27, 2019 alleging the Minooka based company Today’s Growth Consultant Inc. and it's President/CEO Kenneth D. Courtright III have been running a multiyear ponzi-like scheme. 

Illinois State Police officials announced a special enforcement of Move Over, or Scott's Law, details dedicated in honor of fallen Trooper Christopher Lambert on Sunday.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

The 2021 Rose Parade on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California will feature nearly 40 floats, 450 horses and a local band director.

One year into the merger of the Grundy and Kendall County Farm Bureaus, Manager Victoria Wax says there's more work to be done.

More than 1000 appeals were filed by Grundy County residents on their assessment notices. 

Several renovations will be made to the athletic facilities at Morris High School. Superintendent Craig Ortiz said the board of education last night approved quotes for new turf and a scoreboard for the football field as well as a new scoreboard for the high school gymnasium.

A Montgomery boy, who holds the record for the youngest to run half marathons in all 50 states, received several goodies and praise at Monday night's Montgomery Village Board meeting.

A Grundy County grand jury indicted a Coal City man on January 8th. David Peterson was charged with two counts of Aggravated DUI with two previous convictions, both class two felonies.

The Grundy County Coroner’s Office is releasing an update into the cold case investigation of an unidentified homicide victim from 1976. On October 2, 1976, the body of an African-American-Female, who was estimated to be between fifteen and twenty-seven years of age, was discovered in a ditc…

The Morris Police Department on Friday arrested a man for possessing child porn.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

The Grundy County Law and Justice/EMA committee last week approved the job description for a new position in the emergency management agency department.

The Coal City Village Board discussed several topics at their meeting on Wednesday night.

Governor JR Pritzker is discussing some of the criminal justice reforms he’d like to see passed.

Two men from Grundy County are accused of seriously beating a towing company employee in Will County last Thursday.

Morris Hospital held an open house on Sunday to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a major modernization project.

A Plano man was pronounced deceased on scene and multiple injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident near Minooka on Friday.

The Morris City Council on Monday approved abating taxes on a 2012 bond.

Due to several new laws, school districts in Illinois have to revise their policies.

Several people were indicted by a Grundy County grand jury on January 8th. Zachary Cortright, 30, of Morris was indicted for driving while license revoked, a class four felony and Joseph Milashoski, 30, of Morris was indicted for the unlawful possession of heroin and fentanyl, both class fou…

Two U.S. Army soldiers, including a 21 year-old Private First-Class from Aurora, were killed in a roadside attack in Afghanistan on Saturday. 

Local lawmakers, the Governor, and others are calling for an investigation into an e-mail discussing an alleged rape cover up.

Note to Readers: Information presented here is obtained from the city police and sheriff's departments. Individuals listed in reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.