A severe thunderstorm hit the Chicago area on August 18.  In the usually calm subdivision of Willow Walk, a Lockport family was wrapping up dinner and enjoying their evening when lightning struck. The...

On Monday, August 18, 2025, the Lockport Board of Education swore in four new student board members for the 2025-2026 school year. Serving as regular student board members are Ryan Gleason and James Wyatt,...

For community member George Gibson, the protest held Thursday July 22 in Joliet was only the second he had ever attended - his first was last month in California. Gibson was particularly worried about...

As white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel, lifelong Catholic Molly Marchio rushed home to turn on the television, eager to learn the identity of the new pope.  When she heard the name “Robert,”...