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The Illinois chapter of AFSP is hosting an 'Out of the Darkness Walk' on September 21, 2019 at 11:00 am, beginning and ending at Montrose Harbor in Chicago. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), suicide is the #1 leading cause of death for people ages 10 to 44 in Illinois. Chances are, you or someone you know has been impacted by suicide in some way. In fact, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US. The American Foundation for...
This season, Romeoville has been without its head coach and its offense. The Spartans (0-3) have been outscored 138-10 on the season, most recently 42-0 at Plainfield North last week. All this has happened without head coach Oliver Gibson, who has not coached a game this season. He is on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave with a "Oliver is on medical leave with the district, (his foot) has been in a cast," said Romeoville Athletics Director Mike Strode. "That leave carr...
Retirement plans vary from person to person. For Bill Leibforth, there is no taking a break during retirement. A resident of Chicago his entire life, he fell in love with baseball at the age of eight and the game has always been a big priority in his life. He authored the book "Baseball's Forgotten Black Heroes" and discussed it recently at the Lisle Library, "I never really thought I was ever going to be an author even though that I love baseball," Leibforth said. "I've...
The Mexican Independence Day parade held Sept. 14 in Joliet was marred by violence near the parade route. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg during an apparent confrontation just before 2 p.m. near Collins Street and Elwood Avenue, Joliet police said. The 57th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade had begun its route down Collins Street about an hour before the shooting. Surveillance video released by Joliet police shows three young men scrambling away from the east side...
With a half-dozen players back from last season's team, it is surprising the Minooka girls volleyball team was overlooked when the preseason rankings came out. That is because despite a 25-win season, a 25-16, 25-23 loss to Benet Academy in the Oswego East Regional final had those same sceptics calling the 2018 season unsuccessful. "Last year we were 25-12 and have six players returning and people said we didn't have a good season, but we did, we just had to play Benet," said...
At Maine South, championships are the expectation. Since taking over the program in 2001, head coach David Inserra has won four championships the most recent coming in 2016. "I owe it all to the coaches," Inserra said. "Whenever we have adversity, we try and grow from that and we will just keep coaching the boys and not letting them take a easy route out." This year, the Hawks started 0-2 for just the fourth time under Inserra. In the three previous occasions, the Hawks went...
Morton Grove - Niles Water Commission receives the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award The Morton Grove - Niles Water Commission received the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award for a project ranging from $35M to $100M from the Illinois Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This prestigious honor is awarded annually to an engineering Project which best exemplifies new or innovative application of technology, resourcefulness in solving complex problems, and environmental,...
In 2013 and 2014, under head coach Mike Romeli, the Bengals of Plainfield East High School made consecutive trips to the IHSA Class 7A playoffs. Since that 2014 Class 7A Playoff loss to St. Rita, the Bengals have won just 10 games. When the time came for a change, Plainfield East Athletic Director Paul Raspolich, looked to Plano High School for the man to resurrect the Bengal football program — Brad Kunz. Kunz a 2005 graduate of “The U” the University of Miami played all three offensive line positions for the ‘Canes from 20...
First-year Plainfield North football coach Anthony Imbordino is on a three-week run of facing his former teams. And if they all goes as the first one did, the Tigers will be happy. North defeated Romeoville 42-0. Imbordino was an assistant for the Spartans under former head coach Jeff Kuna. Over the next two weeks, the Tigers will travel to Plainfield Central, where Imbordino was a star defensive lineman and Oswego, where he coached just before coming to North. "I try and...
After fours years as head boys soccer coach at Plainfield North, Steve Berry is out. According to North Athletics Director Ron Lear, Berry "resigned for personal reasons" last week. Former Plainfield South boys and girls soccer coach David Brown, who is the Division Chair for English and Social Studies at North, got a call on game day and was asked to take over the program on an interim basis. "Obviously, this is a different situation than I have ever experienced as a coach,...
Prost! If you're a Shorewood resident who want to celebrate your German heritage, or you simply like music and beer - Oktoberfest will be Sept. 28. The village's Bavarian-style festival started in 1976, but wasn't held for many years until it was brought back in 2013. Germans are the largest ancestral group in the United States. Oktoberfest is being held at Cene's Four Seasons Park, 25520 W. Seil Road. Families are welcome from 4 to 8 p.m. and can enjoy German music from Ed...
A StairMaster, elliptical, or even a treadmill seems to suffice for most people. For Plainfield Park District Division Manager of Parks Mike Brouillard, that's not the case. In 2016, Brouillard discovered World Vision, a non-profit whose mission he wanted to help, one that would also force him to push himself to his physical limits. While he discovered World Vision, which he said has changed his life, he also discovered something most people just can't physically or mentally...
Like a young child putting together a Lego town, Plainfield has gathered a variety of items recently. Four police cars, 800 trees and a $300,000 street sweeper were among the items approved for purchase Sept. 16 at the Plainfield Village Board meeting. “These are budgeted items that were anticipated,” Director of Public Works Allen Persons noted. The biggest purchase was a 2020 Elgin Crosswind street sweeper for $297,670. “This particular piece is looking to replace a piece of equipment that’s nearly 20 years old,” Persons sa...
Ever since Nico Brito was born, he's been an inspiration to other people. A three-year-old from Downers Grove, who will be making a special appearance in Times Square to launch the NYC buddy walk, has been dealt a tricky card - Down Syndrome. "I received a prenatal diagnosis very early in the pregnancy," said mother Jacqueline. "I think I was 11 weeks pregnant the time." After finding about her son's condition, which came from a routine checkup at the doctor's office,...
For 65 years, the White Fence Farm restaurant has been in the family of Laura Hastert. The original White Fence Farm location is in Romeoville, where it was established in the early 1920s on US Route 66. Founded by Stuyvesant 'Jack' Peabody, son of Peabody Coal Company founder Francis S. Peabody and himself CEO of Peabody Coal at the time, opened on a 12-acre plot that Jack Peabody owned across U.S. Route 66/Joliet Road from his 450-acre Lemont horse farm where thoroughbred...