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Bolingbrook drowning victim, 11, remembered as ‘a sweet angel’

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:28 -0500

BOLINGBROOK — Jordan Oliver was the baby of her family, a friendly girl who played on a traveling basketball team and loved to be outside. Jordan, 11, died Tuesday night after slipping underwater in a pond at Indian Chase Meadows near Pioneer Elementary School. “We’re just taking it one step at a time,” said Jordan’s father, Jamal Oliver. He stood outside his home Wednesday morning talking with his oldest daughter, Jasmine, who has just finished her first year of college. “Right now we’re trying to just deal with it,” Oliver said. “She was a very good girl. She liked to …

Busloads of protesters on their way to Chicago for NATO Summit

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:55 -0500

Look out Chicago. Here comes Occupy Wall Street. More than 40 protesters from the original occupation of New York’s financial district are due to be the first of 17 busloads of protesters from across the country when they arrive in Chicago Wednesday night. “Stay safe and kick some NATO ass!” one activist yelled as the bus left.

Joliet approves tobacco license

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:14 -0500

Tobacco retailers will be licensed by the city of Joliet under a new law aimed at giving the city more control over stores that sell cigarettes to minors.

Family: Groom wanted in wife’s murder made odd phone call

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:11 -0500

A man wanted for the murder of his bride who was found stabbed to death Sunday in Burbank was “very possessive” and jealous and called a relative Sunday to say he left his new wife bleeding after a “bad fight,” the dead woman’s sister said Wednesday. Police are urging the man, 30-year-old Arnoldo Jimenez, to turn himself in “for the sake of his family and especially his children,” Burbank police Capt. Joseph Ford said. “I am sure they are very concerned for his well-being.” Jimenez is accused of killing Estrella Carrera, 26, of Burbank, shortly after they celebrated their marriage …

Makeover for path where L-Way student was killed; Saturday fundraiser set

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:33:14 -0500

The irony is not lost on JoAnne Mizwicki. As the New Lenox Township woman and some friends prepare for a Saturday fundraiser in honor of her late son, Patrick Mizwicki, the Cook County Forest Preserve District has renovated a path at the forest preserve site near Palos Hills where the Lincoln-Way East High School student was fatally struck by a car in September. The change is designed to prevent future tragedies. “It is ironic. It’s almost divine how it’s all come together,” JoAnne Mizwicki said. Patrick, 14, was running at a school cross country practice when he was hit by …

Joliet Diocese move doesn’t sit well with City Hall

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:54:01 -0500

JOLIET — The Catholic Diocese of Joliet is not likely to leave with the blessings of City Hall when it moves to Crest Hill. The diocese could potentially leave three large buildings vacant in a year when it starts to move to a strip mall it is acquiring out of foreclosure along Weber Road. Besides that, just the fact that the Diocese of Joliet won’t be in Joliet bothers some people. “It is a Joliet diocese, and I’m disappointed that they’re leaving,” Mayor Thomas Giarrante said. “I understand they have a deal on where they’re going. But I hate to …

Poll: NATO

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:04:00 -0500

Will you be inconvenienced by the upcoming NATO Summit? …