Des Plaines River search links Gacy to missing bodies
Des Plaines River divers spent hours near Channahon seeking four or more bodies tied to John Gacy but found none. The investigation connects a November 12 body found in the river to Gacy’s alleged killings. Detectives weigh further steps as mass burial discoveries unfold at Gacy residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Plaines
Channahon
John Gacy
Grundy County
ESDA
Danny Hoffman
Kevin Davis
Morris
Kevin Corbin
Ken Corbin
Wilmington
Keith Corbin
Robert Mack
Gardner
Det
Olson
Dock 66
Gacy
Frank Landingin
Chicago
Will County
Robert Tezak
Landingin
Det. Olson
Cook County
Illinois River
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Tim Lee
Dan Callahan
Sheriff's Department
Robert Stein
John Wayne Gacy Jr
Joseph Kozenczak
Joliet
Stein
Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Weather forecast and Tuesday temperatures at Dresden Lock and Morris
Today will be mostly sunny and cold with increasing clouds and a milder night. Thursday brings cloudiness and warmer conditions with a chance of snow. highs in the upper teens to low 20s and nights around 10 degrees. Dresden Lock and Dam recorded 21/6 degrees with 6 degrees at 7 am. no precipitation reported. Downtown Morris showed 13 degrees at 9 27 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Inauguration Ceremonies Planned For Illinois Governor
Governor James R Thompson and five statewide officers will take the oath on January 8 at the State Armory. Activities include open houses at the Executive Mansion, a Bellville Philharmonic concert, two inaugural balls, and a Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert with box seat tickets selling up to $1,000. Thompson is a Republican, Burris is Democrat and first Black statewide elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
James R. Thompson
Chicago
State Armory
Capitol
Thompson
David C. O’neal
William J. Scott
Alan J. Dixon
Roland W. Burris
Jerome Cosentino
O’neal
Scott
Dixon
Burris
Cosentino
Illinois
Executive Mansion
Jayne
Samantha
First Presbyterian Church
Thompsons
Old State Capitol
Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall
Todd Files as Democrat in Fourth Ward
Jeffrey W. Todd filed today as a Democrat candidate for Morris City Council in the Fourth Ward. The race has one Democrat so far in that ward, with six Republicans having filed since December 20. Deadline to submit petitions is noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Files
Jeffrey W. Todd
E. High St
Kenneth Kennedy
E. Main St
Morris City
Morris City 1
Sheriff advisory panel to meet January 10 in Kendall County
YORKVILLE A citizens advisory committee to the Kendall County sheriff will meet at 7 p.m. January 10 and tour the jail and communications center. The group elected officers for three month terms: President Gary Smith, Vice President Jean Cook, Secretary Treasurer Dr. Howard Koch, and Public Information Officer Barbara Martin. At its first meeting December 13, goals and objectives were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Kendall County
Victor G. Frantz
Gary Smith
Jean Cook
Howard Koch
Barbara Martin
Morris Aldermen Fail to Act on 7 Percent Salary Cut Proposal
Morris City Council discussed a proposed 7 percent salary reduction for aldermen lowering pay from 1600 to 1488 starting May 1, 1979, but the motion died for lack of a second. Alderman Younger cited reducing government costs and pledged to donate 7 percent of his salary. no action was taken. The meeting approved a bid for two police squad cars, considered fuel bid procedures, and noted school site upgrades and park project discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Elmo Ray Younger
Jimmy Carter
Younger
Carter
Donald Barkley
Donald Davidson
Barkley
City of Morris
Arthur Willmington
Floyd Siron
Willmington
Morris Chrysler-Amc
Greenway-Pontiac
Morris City Hall
del Linn
Kendall-Grundy FL
Tri-Oil Co., Inc
Standard Oil
Wayne Trenter
Linn
Kendall-Grundy FS
Trenter
Standard
Siron
Bill Dix
Gould Park Dr
Parks and Recreation Committee
Alderman Younger
Nettle Creek
Grundy
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Davidson
Morris City Council
Morris Daily Herald December 27 1978 weekly issue
Morris Illinois newspaper page notes volume ninety eight number one ninety three published December 27 1978. Twelve pages priced twenty cents. Internal features include local news briefs and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Illinois
Stateville Lockup Tightened After Weekend of Drinking
JOLIET Ill AP more than half the inmates at Stateville Penitentiary were confined to cells for 24 hours after a Christmas weekend of roving gangs drinking and marijuana use. Warden Lou Brewer ordered 1 200 of 2 077 inmates kept inside in blocks C D and F due to staff shortages and a holiday mood. inmates described groups moving between cellhouses with homemade hooch and marijuana while some did not return to their cells. This marks the first general restriction at Stateville since rival Chicago gangs clashed last July and a related riot at Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols Melas
Tribune
Stateville
Chicago
The
Disciples
Latin Kings
Pontiac Correction Center
Melas
Morris City approves clerk secretary pay raise in 1979
Morris City Council approved a 1979 wage schedule raising most city workers about 7 percent. Four clerk secretaries get 12.5 percent, others see boosts up to 7 percent, with probation and title changes affecting police and public works staff. Wage changes take effect Jan 2, 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Donald Davidson
June Gorman
Public Works Department
Wanda Enger
Enger
Gorman
Audrey Hexdall
Daria Benson
Public Works
Wilfred Dix
Roy McLaughlin
Joe Temple
Davidson
Striking Will County nurses return to work in Joliet
Striking Will County nursing home employees returned to work after a two week strike at Sunny Hill Nursing Home Joliet where Gerald Owen says negotiations with the county board continue. About 210 staff care for 250 patients with around 60 moved to hospitals during the dispute. The Local 1028 members voted to comply with a court order after initially ignoring it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1028
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arcadia, Fla
Joliet,l
DeSoto County
Frank Cline
Cline
Russell F. Sweedler
Fort Myers
Catherine Sweedler Goodlow
Jacksonville
Sweedler
Elwood
Aubrey Rodgers
Collier County
Frank Hall
Edmund Dobbs
O’hare International
Dennis W. Knapp
Butler St
Gebhard Woods State Park
Justin
Joanna
Jason
Dad
Terry
Chewbacca
Wells Cafe
Liberty
Sheriff's Advisory Committee
Frank Black
Morris Daily Herald
Kewanee Police
Kewanee, Ill
Henry County
Glenn Case
Jacqueline Conley
U.S. 34
Galesburg
Conley
Cleverette Conley
Timothy Smith
Eighth St
Brooklyn
N.Y
St. Joseph Hospital
Smith
Interstate 55
U.S. 30
Cheryl Roe
Scott St
Ottawa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!