Lucas Durden

Guest Writer

lucas.durden@chicagomorningstar.com

JJC Scholarship Fund to be benefited through Zonta Club’s LUNAFEST

Joliet Area’s Zonta Club is hosting LUNAFEST, a virtual film festival highlighting women as leaders in society. On Thursday, Oct.20,…

4 years ago

Chicago medical supply company owner charged with PPE price gouging

Krikor Topouzian, a 60-year-old Winnetka man, has been charged with one count of violating the Defense Protection Act of 1950.…

4 years ago

Illegal sports gambling charge pressed against Chicago-area man

Gregory Emmett Paloian, a 66-year-old Chicago-area man, has been charged with one count of conducting an illegal sports gambling business.…

4 years ago

Man Charged with Criminal Sexual Abuse and Battery

The Schaumburg Police Department has initiated an investigation of an alleged Criminal Sexual Abuse and Battery. On August 21, 2020,…

4 years ago

People protest against Senate Majority Leader’s vow to replace Ginsburg on supreme court

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, vowed the voting in Senate for the replacement of Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the…

4 years ago

University of Chicago to host public art commission You Be My Ally

You Be My Ally, a public art commission, is going to be hosted by the University of Chicago on October…

4 years ago

INPS awards grant to JJC student to study native flora on campus

Anthony Gibson, a Junior Joliet College (JJC) student, has been awarded a research grant to study a native flora on…

4 years ago

Man Charged with Illegal Possession of Loaded Gun

A man has been charged in federal court for allegedly possessing a loaded gun while looting a store in downtown…

4 years ago

Tully Monsters Defeat Deep Dish 8-4

The Joliet Tully Monsters outclassed the Chicago Deep Dish 8-4 in Sunday afternoon’s 2020 City of Champions Cup matchup. The…

4 years ago

$2 Million Fraud Charges for Former Kankakee Wastewater Utilities’ Official

An indictment has been returned by a federal grand jury that charges 73-year old Richard G. Simms currently of Marietta,…

4 years ago

Downtown Aurora to welcome back First Fridays on August 7

There are Phase 4 guidelines implemented in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. First Fridays is back in downtown Aurora…

4 years ago

Philippines President once again suggests public to wash masks with petrol

Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, suggested last week that the public should wash their face masks with petrol.…

4 years ago

Fatal Traffic Crash Investigated

Naperville Police is investigating the fatal traffic crash on City's Eastside. On Monday, July 27, 2020 ar around 5:50 p.m.,…

4 years ago

Illinois Attorney General Issues Unemployment ID scam

Illinois state attorney general has issued a formal consumer alert over the identity-theft scam afflicting unemployment systems across the nation.…

4 years ago

National Football League officially cancels preseason schedule on Monday

The National Football League (NFL) announced on Monday evening that it had officially canceled the entire preseason schedule. The League…

4 years ago

National poker player Susie Zhao found dead in Detroit suburb

Susie Zhao, a 33-year-old Michigan lady, was found dead in a Detroit suburb on July 13 at around 8:00 am.…

4 years ago

EXPO CHICAGO announces new virtual salon series Dine&

The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, EXPO CHICAGO, announced its news virtual salon series, Dine&. The Dine& series…

4 years ago

To Resolve Bribery Scheme Federal Criminal Investigation ComEd to Pay $200 Million

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago announced today that the largest electric utility in Illinois, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) has…

4 years ago

13 Defendants Charges in Heroin Trafficking Investigation

Thirteen individuals are facing the law as they have been charged as part of the second phase of a federal…

4 years ago

Court sentences six Rockford residents on federal fraud charges

Matthew F. Kennelly, a US district judge, sentenced six Rockford residents on Monday in federal court on the charges of…

4 years ago

Google invests billions of dollars in Indian company, Reliance Jio

Google announced an investment of $10 billion (USD) in India this week. Now, the American company has acquired 7 percent…

4 years ago

Intense flood situation in China, 33 rivers are on their highest level

China is facing the worst flooding in the last 30 years. 33 rivers in China have reached their historically highest…

4 years ago

Amazon backtracks on TikTok – Deleting Mail

Amazon has said email sent to staff asking to remove TikTok was “sent in error.” Earlier on Friday, an internal…

4 years ago

“What Will College Look Like in the Fall” webinar took place on Wednesday

The Union League Club of Chicago, the Lincoln Forum, and Politico Illinois organized a webinar, “What Will College Look Like…

4 years ago

Fire Strikes Twice in Attic

Around 12:13 p.m., on Tuesday 7, 2020, Police and Firefighter/paramedics from Des Plaines responded to a report of a house…

4 years ago

JJC’s FY 2021 Budget Approved

Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees have approved the college's FISCAL Year 2021 Budget. The approval was made at the…

4 years ago

For Third Consecutive Day, US Reports Over 50,000 New Coronavirus Cases

Americans will find many closed beaches and scarce Fourth of July fireworks, but authorities fear the holiday weekend could worsen…

4 years ago

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