Bridge deck replacement in Morris nears completion
State engineers expect the new Morris Illinois River bridge deck to last between 30 and 40 years. Daily traffic includes 4,150 vehicles on the bridge with northbound totals reaching about 15,000 as Illinois 47 remains a major north south route.
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Morris
Morris Illinois River
Gebhard Woods State Park
Phil Faletto
District 3
Ottawa
Illinois Department of Transportation
Faletto
Illinois 47
Illinois River
Fulton St
Morris Daily Herald
The
Herald
Morris River
Morris Bridge
Division St
Hume School
McClintic-Marshall
Chicago
Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co
State of
Illinois
Second River
Four months jail terms for arson suspects
Logan County Circuit Judge John T. McCullough accepted a plea reducing six arson and cemetery damage defendants to misdemeanor criminal damage to property. Restitution totals exceed 21 400 with four four month jail terms, others under probation or fines. Names and addresses of defendants are listed along with specific restitution amounts and charges.
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Logan County
John T. McCullough
Grundy County
Mt. Carmel
Brent Hexdall
Brad Hexdall
Chapin St
Richard Pinder
Douglas St
Ronald Bellm
Bedford Rd
Bellm
Pinder
Jeff Ferris
Black St
James Lock
Susan Circle
James Black
E. Jackson Sr
Black
Suit to end prison lockups at Stateville and Pontiac prisons
A class action suit in federal court seeks to end deadlocks at Stateville and Pontiac prisons where inmates have been locked in cells since a July riot. The suit accuses officials of denying constitutional rights and restricting visits, noting threats of indictment and death penalty reminders to suppress cooperation.
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Stateville
Pontiac
Chicago
UPI
Illinois Department of Corrections
Weather outlook with showers and storms tonight
Increasing cloudiness brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low in the mid to upper 60s. Saturday looks warm and partly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 80s and a thunderstorm chance. Dresden Locks at 7 a.m. showed 59 degrees, yesterday’s high 84, low 56, while Morris downtown read 74 at 10:05 a.m. August records at Dresden show a 93 high and 48 low on Aug. 10, with 1.41 inches of precipitation for the month.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
Dresden Locks
Joliet youth sentenced to 20 years for rape
Joliet teen Delvin Rollins, 17, was sentenced to 20 years in Will County Circuit Court for rape. He pleaded guilty July 6 to a Class X offense related to the assault on a Minooka woman after her car was forced off Brown Road.
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Joliet
Will County
Delvin Rollins
Pico St
Michael Orenic
Rollins
Rollis
Brown Rd
Minooka
Martin Morrow
Morrow
Grundy County
Charles Zalar
Department of Corrections
No Morris Daily Herald Monday Labor Day Break
The Morris Daily Herald will not publish on Monday in observance of Labor Day. Publication resumes Tuesday with normal schedules and coverage resuming after the holiday.
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Morris Daily Herald
Marseilles man convicted for battery of child later murdered
Leon ard Frank Schultz, 30, of Marseilles, found guilty in Edwards County of one count aggravated battery and 11 counts of battery for mistreating a 3-year-old McLeansboro boy Joseph Trent Patterson. The trial followed his earlier murder acquittal in 1977. Schultz faced charges for beating and abusing the child, including confinement in a dog pen and forcing him to hang by his hands. Schultz and the boy’s mother Debra Jo Patterson faced related proceedings with Patterson already convicted of involuntary manslaughter. A sentencing hearing is set for Sept. 29 before Judge Bruce Saxe.
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Albion
Ill
UPI
Leonard Frank Schultz
Marseilles
McLeansboro
Edwards County
Schultz
Joseph Trent Patterson
Debra Jo Patterson
Hamilton County
Crawford County
Robinson
Patterson
Dwight
River bridge opening at night eases Morris closure
Illinois bridge over the Illinois River at Morris will not require full nightly closure. One lane may be closed Sunday through Thursday nights for railing work. District 3 engineer Robert Blasius of the Illinois Department urged motorists to drive carefully during that period.
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Illinois River Bridge
Morris
Robert Blasius
District 3
Illinois Department of Illinois
Ottawa
Blasius
Punch card voting system demos set for seniors
Grundy County Clerk Lana Phillips will demonstrate the new punch card voting system to senior groups over the next two months ahead of the November 7 general election. Demonstrations start Sept 14 at 11 a.m. in Saratoga Tower with additional sessions at Morris, Minooka, Coal City, Morris Eagles Hall, South Wilmington, and Coal City sites. The system speeds tallying and reduces county costs by replacing tally and holdover judges. Voters insert a ballot card, punch a hole with a stylus, and votes are counted at the county clerk’s office after polls close.
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Lock
Burton Siegel
Ashley and
Minooka
Brent Hexdall
Bellm
Arthur Peacock
U.S. 6
Saratoga Rd
Peacock
Brad Hexdall
Stratton Park
George and
Lola Brady
Mt. Carmel
James Black
Pinder
Grundy County
Atty Charles Zalar
Hatcher
Zalar
Hexdall
Secretary of State
Alan J. Dixon
Liberty St
Gardner
Campbell House
S. Broadway
Coal City
Morris
Senior Citizens Community Center
Illinois
Lana Phillips
Coal City Nutrition
Golden Agers
Eagles Hall
South Wilmington
VFW
Senior Citizen’s Club
A.a.rlf
Illinois Lottery Big Pay Day and Gold Strike Winners
Ada Lif, a Lockport secretary, won 50 000 in the Gold Strike drawing. James Frankiewicz, 33, of Brookfield, took the 5 000 second prize. Winning numbers were 026 94 0 9436 in Big Pay Day and 32 22 25 16 in Gold Strike.
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James Frankiewicz
Brookfield
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John T. Buckbee
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Robert Drake
Winterbottom Rd
Edward Hatcher
Old Stage Rd
Hexdalls
George Kindelspire
Iinois 47 River
Dave Carr
Park
Morris Fire Department
Commonwealth Edison
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Conley Realty
Norris City
Alan Downen
Bruce Saxe
Saratoga Tower
Newton Place
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