Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tim Albores will start his new role next school year.
Submitted by Plainfield School District 202: Plainfield Academy Assistant Principal Tim Albores will take a new position next school year as the Student Services department’s new assistant director. The District 202 Board of Education approved naming Albores to the post at its regular meeting on May 13, 2013. Albores will replace current assistant director Joe Schimmel, who is resigning after a year in the role. “We are very excited to be bringing Tim to the district office,” said Mina Griffith, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services. “He has really proven his leadership abilities in his time at Plainfield Academy and we are confident he is going to do an excellent job serving all 30 of our schools,” she said. Albores has served the…
A roundup of recent driving under the influence arrests from around Will County.
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May 4 Brian Vettori, 43, 1782 Red Bud Rd., was arrested at 5:06 a.m. and charged with DUI, following a traffic stop at Boughton Road and Lindsey Lane, police said. May 3 Vanessa Pillow, 35, 202 Pinecrest Rd., was arrested at 1:28 a.m. and charged with speeding and two counts of DUI following a traffic stop at Janes Avenue and Falconridge Way, police said. Want to keep up on crime news from around the area? Like our Crime-n-Shame Facebook page May 2 Omar Guzman, 22, 6480 Woodward Ave., Downers Grove, was arrested at 2:13 a.m. and charged with speeding, a traffic sign violation and two counts of DUI following a traffic stop at Ashbury Road and Hadleigh Drive, police said. April 27 Nicole Spagnola, 22, 90 Country Club Dr., Countryside, was…
Patch has put together some tips on how to grill safely.
If you spend any time outside, you have probably already smelled it - grilling season has begun. And while grilling is on of the most popular ways to cook, according to the National Fire Protection Association, it can pose dangers if safety is not taken into consideration. So, Patch has put together a couple of tips that we gathered from the NFPA Website. You can read its full flier of grilling safety tips by clicking here.
A lawsuit against an imprisoned preacher from Crete and an Indiana megachurch topped the week's court news.
A former megachurch preacher sentenced to 12 years in federal prison in March for carrying on a sexual relationship with a teenage member of his congregation was sued in Will County court. In addition to preacher Jack Schaap, 55, of Crete, the First Baptist Church of Hammond was named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The parents of a teenage girl Schaap had sex with while he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond filed the lawsuit. The suit identifies the parents as "John Doe and Mary Doe," and the teen as "Jane Doe." The suit gives Jane Doe's date of birth as June 27, 1995. Here's what else was going on at the area's courthouses: Check out all these stories and more on our Facebook page.
17-year-old Carlos Orozco was pronounced dead following a fight Thursday night in Romeoville, police said.
Updated at 4:45 p.m. May 17: Police said a 22-year-old Romeoville man is in custody and will be charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Carlos Orozco. Fabian Almodovar was taken into police custody after being discharged from the hospital, Romeoville Assistant Police Chief Steve Lucchesi said. He said Almodovar, who suffered facial injuries and a concussion, is scheduled to be transported to the Will County jail Friday night. Almodovar is accused of stabbing the Joliet teen in the chest during a fight in the parking lot at Jewel-Osco, 20 S. Weber Rd. Police declined to release information on what led to the fight. "That aspect is still under investigation," Lucchesi said. Prior arrest records list an address for …
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Friday, May 17, 2013
But the alleged mob still faces criminal charges.
A Romeoville woman charged with leading her daughter and three pals on a vicious rampage against her boyfriend walked out of court a free woman Friday—and left the other four behind to face the music. Lana Richards, 45, had been up on charges of aggravated battery and criminal trespass to a residence before prosecutors dismissed the case. Richards' daughter, 25-year-old Melissa Richards, and three men—Kurt Hodges, 27, Gregory Kijek, 26, and Johnathan Bolisenga, 29—were arrested along with her in connection with a brutal attack on Lana Richards' former boyfriend, Thomas Lerch. A "domestic altercation" between Lana Richards and Lerch at the Dalhart Avenue home they were sharing preceded the alleged September attack, according to a lawsuit …
Members of the Valley View School District 365U teachers union voted to ratify a new contract Thursday, nine months after their contract had expired.
Nine months after their contract expired in August, members of the Valley View School District 365U teachers union voted to approve a new contract Thursday. "I received a call from the teachers union president that the contract has been ratified by the members of the union," Valley View School Board Member Rick Gougis told Patch. Sign up for our daily, e-newsletter. Like Bolingbrook Patch on Facebook. More details will be released next week. The board of education will vote on the contract on Tuesday, May 27, at its next scheduled meeting date. The teachers union voted Thursday to approve the contract 55 percent to 45 percent, according to former Valley View school board member Jim Curran. The vote total was 846-693, according to Gougis…
Passed by a 35-21 vote, the bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Pat Quinn, who has not yet said whether he intends to sign it.
By a vote of 35-21, the Illinois Senate approved legislation on Friday that would allow doctors in the state to prescribe marijuana as pain relief for severe medical conditions. The bill now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn for his signature. According to the Chicago Tribune, the bill covers 33 specific conditions—including multiple sclerosis, cancer and HIV infection—and includes several controls, with a four-year trial program, dosage limits, fingerprinting, background checks and licensed dispensing centers. “This bill is filled with walls to keep this limited,” the paper quoted sponsoring Sen. Bill Haine (D-Alton), who urged lawmakers to pass the legislation as a compassionate measure for those suffering with extreme pain. In opposition, Sen. …
Marchex Institute says Illinois residents are among the worst offenders in the country when it comes to swear words, though we are pretty courteous with 'please' and 'thank you.'
Well gosh darn it, turns out we're a bunch of potty mouths here in Illinois, thank you very much. That's the finding from the Marchex Institute, a data analysis firm, which ranks Illinois as the 5th worst cursing state in the country, though acknowledges that we're pretty liberal with our "pleases" and "thank yous." Just in time for National Etiquette Week, Marchex released findings on the most courteous and the least courteous states in the nation. The Institute examined more than 600,000 phone calls from the past 12 months. You know, the calls that "may be recorded for training purposes." The calls were placed by consumers to businesses across 30 industries, including cable and satellite companies, auto dealerships, pest control centers…
Someone left the 1- and 3-week-old animals near a construction site, the manager of Siegel's said.
Two baby goats, just one week and three weeks old and abandoned behind a construction site, have found a new home at Siegel's Cottonwood Farm. Manager Kaity Siegel said the tiny animals were brought to her Tuesday afternoon after someone saw a van dropping them off behind the new Crest Hill Public Library, being built on Weber Road almost directly across from Siegel's, and called the police. "If they didn't pick them up that day, they would have been coyote snacks that night," she said. The animals are far too young to be weaned from their mother, she said, and while the older one -- whom they've named Oreo from suggestions made by their Facebook page fans -- seems to be adapting well, Pepper is proving more difficult. "You have to …
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9:16 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Steve you r right I'm out there all year myself . Turkey on a charcoal weber grill is my favorite for Thanksgiving and a nice Fillet on New Year's Day. more ›