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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

R'ville Woman Given JJC's Service Award

Carrie Worthington received Joliet Junior College's J. D. Ross Extraordinary Service Award in recognition of her work as an advocate for the mentally ill.

Joliet Junior College submitted this article. Carrie Worthington is a Romeoville resident: Carrie Worthington was honored as the recipient of the Joliet Junior College J. D. Ross Extraordinary Service Award (ESA) at the Feb. 5 Board of Trustees meeting.   The J. D. Ross ESA is the highest honor bestowed by JJC; it was developed by the Board of Trustees to honor community members who have given outstanding service to Community College District 525.   Nominated by fellow district resident Robert Talkie for distinguished public service, Worthington, of Romeoville, has been a tireless advocate and volunteer for five years for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), serving the last two years as president of the grassroots Will-Grundy …

Carrie Worthington

9:17 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013

Ladies I never said I assisted in operating the food pantry.. Please read the article a little closer. My service extends to my church Good Shepherd WHICH runs the Food Pantry and assess and assists in the community.   more ›

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Romeoville Student Found Dead at Blackburn College; Cause Unknown

Tests are being conducted to determine the cause of death for Josh Ramza, whose body was discovered in his Carlinville, Ill., dorm room this past weekend.

Tests are being conducted to determine the cause of death for a 24-year-old Romeoville man who was found dead this weekend in his Blackburn College dorm room. Josh Ramza, a senior at the Carlinville, Ill., school, was discovered in his room Saturday. An autopsy was conducted Monday, and officials are awaiting the results of toxicology tests, according to a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Carlinville is located in south-central Illinois, about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis. Peter Oswald, a spokeman for the 550-student Blackburn College, said police told school officials that there were no signs of foul play or "any obvious cause of death," the newspaper reported.

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