The City of Lockport in partnership with the Lockport VFW Post 5788 are hosting the Annual Veterans Day Celebration honoring all those who have served or are currently serving our Country. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 10 ...

Thetimesweekly.com Lockport - The City of Lockport’s landmark State Street construction project is progressing, with construction crews completing the sidewalk, curb, water main, and on-street parking on the west side of State Street and now has moved to the east ...

The Lockport Chamber of Commerce announced the hire of Annette Parker as it’s new Interim Executive Director, replacing Cindy DeNormandie who left the Lockport Chamber in early September due to family obligations. Parker spent 17 years as the Director of ...

No Treatment Recommended for Humans at Either Location A resident in Bolingbrook saw a live bat in the backyard that was tested positive for rabies on 9/12/2018. This was in the 100 block of Monterey. Three dogs and family of ...

Mallory and Monroe belong to the Read to Succeed program, which is made up mainly of area teachers. Read to Succeed is designed to promote literacy in and out of classrooms. The Little Free Library libraries, where anyone can take ...

Thetimesweekly.com Lockport, IL – The City of Lockport has implemented a new online payment and electronic billing service that will offer greater flexibility for residents to pay their utility bills. The City partnered with Invoice Cloud, a web-based electronic invoice ...

Thetimesweekly.com The second phase of storm drain construction in the Fairmont neighborhood in Lockport Township was announced by the Will County Board. Continued construction of the new storm water management system will bring additional relief to residents. Fairmont has long ...

Thetimesweekly.com The Lockport City Cemetery is one of the oldest and most historic cemeteries in Northeastern Illinois. In many ways, the cemetery is an open-air museum of history and art. With the earliest graves dating back to the 1830s, the ...

June 17: Special for Old Canal Days: A Walking and Writing Tour of Downtown Lockport, based on references from the Dorothy Dow Fitzgerald poem Flowers of Time, thesozogroup.org/lockport-poem. This tour will begin and end at the Gaylord Building and is ...

Legislation co-sponsored by state Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, to keep lethal weapons out of the hands of those who suffer from mental illness passed the House and will advance to the Senate for consideration. “I was proud to join a ...

Coom’s Corner Sports Grill (1225 E. 9th Street in Lockport) held its grand opening on May 10. Lockport Township High School graduate Ron Coomer, former MLB All-Star and current Chicago Cubs radio analyst on WSCR-AM 670, is part-owner of the ...

State Rep. John Connor, Lockport, is sponsoring a women’s supply drive throughout the month of May to benefit the women at MorningStar Mission’s Women and Family. Connor’s office will be collecting new, unopened boxes of feminine products including tampons, pads, ...

Throughout this spring and summer, the City of Lockport’s Summer Art Series Committee will be hosting Movies at the Roxy and would like to invite the public to the newly renovated Roxy Theater in downtown Lockport to view the following ...

The City of Lockport was recently awarded a $1,025,000 Grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) for Railway Crossing Safety Improvements. The grant will fund four improvement projects at three of the City’s railway ...

In response to the deadly Legionnaire’s Disease crisis at the Quincy Veterans Home, state Rep. John Connor, Lockport, is backing legislation to address the situation and prevent future outbreaks.