ComEd utility is now accepting applications for its latest round of Powering Communities competitive grants to help protect the environment, enhance public safety, and increase access to the arts across northern Illinois.
ComEd accepting applications for $500,000 community grants
Posted inHealth, News
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois to host virtual Black History month celebration as Part of Kidney Health for Life Campaign
The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois will host a free virtual Black History Month Celebration on Thursday, February 24, 2022, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. to provide another opportunity to help keep Illinoisans healthy. This BHM celebration focuses on empowering those most at risk for chronic kidney disease to take charge of their health by becoming aware of the risks, making simple healthy lifestyle changes, and learning how to advocate for themselves. African Americans are three times more likely to develop kidney disease.
Posted inCommentary, Opinion, Sports
COMMENTARY: Baseball’s Greatest Player Snubbed for Hall of Fame
In December 2022, baseball’s “Today’s Game Committee” will consider Bonds’ candidacy. That committee consists of 16 members from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, executives, and veteran media members. The group forms an electorate that considers players no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA.
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Barry Bonds’ Career Statistics: 2,986 games played; 2,227 runs scored; 2,935 hits; 601 doubles; 77 triples; 762 home runs; 514 stolen bases; 2,558 walks; 688 intentional walks; .298 batting average; .444 on base percentage; .607 slugging percentage; 1.051 OPS. (Photo: Barry heads to left field after driving in 2 with a single in the 3rd, July 21, 2007. Wikimedia Commons / flickr)
Posted inHealth, Shorewood, State
Legislation to expedite professional licenses advances to House
A measure co-sponsored by State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel (D-Shorewood) to require the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue state licenses in four weeks passed the Senate.
Posted inCampus, News, Plainfield
Parent group presents mental health strategies program
District 202 will share easy strategies to strengthen mental health and wellness for both students and their parents at a community program at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2022.
The district 202 Plainfield Parent Community Network (PPCN) will present this special free program in the auditorium at Plainfield High School – Central Campus, 24120 W. Fort Beggs Drive, Plainfield. Please Park on the north side of the building near the Freshman Center/Door G.
Posted inFood & Wine, Living
Wine of the Week: An armchair visit to Napa’s Stags Leap wine district
Stag’s Leap District in Napa Valley is California’s most distinguished. Dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, it contains America’s most famous wineries. The names literally roll off the tongues of wine lovers around the world: Stag’s Leap. Clos du Val, Shafer, among others.
Its reputation was affirmed at the landmark Judgment of Paris in 1976 and has grown in stature ever since. At that competition, two up-start California wine producers triumphed over renowned bottlings from Bordeaux and Burgundy in a blind tasting judged by France’s foremost wine experts.
Posted inChurch, Entertainment, Joliet, Living
Local church wins with Super Soul Bowl
On Sunday February 13, 2022, while thousands across the nation watched a historic Super Bowl between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams, members of Pastor Lonnie Posley’s New Canaanland Christian Church were celebrating Super Soul Bowl.
A 28-year- old tradition for the church, it started when Posley realized that Super Bowl weekend could be an auspicious time to share their faith with the town of Joliet.
Posted inCommentary, Opinion, Romeoville
Romeoville joins Regional Water Commission for future water source
After a long period of analysis and discussion, Village of Romeoville staff and consultants presented their recommendation to the Village Board to join the Regional Water Commission as the source for Lake Michigan water. Romeoville would join Channahon, Crest Hill, Joliet, Minooka, Rockdale (through Joliet), and Shorewood in this new commission.
Due to the Illinois Water Survey finding, Romeoville was found to be one of the municipalities in the surrounding area that could see a rise in water demand beyond what is available by 2050. Because of these findings, several new water sources were explored. River options were eliminated because the water was unsustainable and the cost to treat the water would be too high. Other Lake Michigan sources were eliminated due to cost and other factors.
“This was a lengthy process, but I greatly appreciate all the hard work our team has done in evaluating the best water option for the Village,” said Mayor John Noak.
Posted inNews, Regional
Congressman Sean Casten applauds EPA $1 Billion investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will accelerate cleanup efforts and benefit Illinois
“As an active member of the Congressional Great Lake Task Force who fought hard to secure $1 billion in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Great Lakes restoration efforts, I’m thrilled to see EPA taking immediate action to clean up and build resilience to climate change in communities across the Great Lakes. For Illinoisans, this means safer air and water, a stronger economy, healthier ecosystems, and environmental resilience.”
Posted inDrivin, Living
Toyota Corolla Cross
Sometimes you must ask what took them so long. We’re talking about Toyota and the latest version of the Corolla, the Cross, which went on sale as a 2022 model.
It is a small crossover based on the Toyota Corolla which has sold fifty million copies. You could make the case that if the little car was not so successful, Toyota would not have survived in this market.
