Manhattan (Will, Illinois)

John D. King, 60

John D. King, 60, of Newburg, Pa., formerly of Hagerstown, Md., died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 at home. He was born Sunday, Sept. 14, 1952, in New Market, Va. John was a son of the late Myron A. and Edna R. Stoltzfus King. He was a member of Faith...

Tags: Elwood (Will, Illinois), Mennonite, Manhattan (New York City), Newburg, Christianity

Deere lowers full-year sales outlook

Deere & Co. on Wednesday said its second-quarter profit rose slightly, beating analysts' expectations, but it warned that global financial pressures and the cool, wet weather in North America could affect sales the rest of the year. Moline, Ill.-based...

Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Prices, Science and Technology, Manhattan (New York City), Earnings Forecasts

Tinley Park, Lincoln-Way police blotter: April 24

The following items were taken from police reports. Tinley Park •A wallet containing $200, credit cards and identification was reported taken April 12 from a 55-year-old Manhattan woman while shopping at a household decorating-organizing store at...

Tags: Sweetwater, Manhattan (New York City), Trials, Tinley Park, Cook County Government

Sports on TV

Tags: Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Brazil, Manhattan (New York City), Women's Tennis Association, National Basketball Association

For What It's Worth: January 19th

For What it’s Worth-- on this January 19 Creighton-Wichita State is one of the best rivalries that nobody knows about.  Between Omaha and Wichita this season some 28,000 will watch these two teams fight each other.  Anyone who doesn’t think...

Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Kansas Jayhawks, Wichita State Shockers, Doug McDermott, Tiger Woods

Cops: Men crashed getaway car after high-speed chase

Tribune reporter

Three men are in custody after allegedly robbing a Tinley Park cell phone store, leading police on a high-speed chase and crashing their getaway car, police said. The three suspects were arrested Wednesday a few hundred yards from where their white...

Tags: Cell Phones, Mokena, New Lenox, Manhattan (New York City), Theft

Charolais Junior National participants claim contest honors

Tags: Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Manhattan (New York City), Crete, Two and a Half Men (tv program), Human Interest

Joliet man dies in crash near New Lenox

Special to the Tribune

A 26-year-old Joliet-area motorist was pronounced dead Wednesday night following a three-vehicle collision south of New Lenox. Bryan L. Bulger of the 15300 block of Kenmore Avenue was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, where he was...

Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Neck Pain

A trap for small businesses

Laws are like fine nets, catching the common fish even as the biggest push their way through. Or so you might think on learning of how federal prosecutors keep nabbing small and medium-size businesspeople who violate an obscure law relating to bank...

Tags: Consumers, Manhattan (New York City), Judges, Livestock Farming, Crime, Law and Justice

Bill Vogel exits Seminole schools with stern warning about Florida education

SANFORD — Bill Vogel has grave concerns about the future of public education in Florida as he ends nine years at the helm of one of Florida's highest-achieving school districts. With local control largely lost to the state Legislature and governor,...

Tags: Pinellas County (Florida), Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Kissimmee, St. Lucie County (Florida), Rollins College

Manhattan man dies under vehicle in Joliet junkyard accident

Overnight fire wrecks Joliet-area steel business

Tribune reporters

A multi-alarm fire destroyed a steel galvanizing plant near Joliet this morning. Firefighters from the East Joliet Fire Protection District were called to the AZZ Galvanizing plant at 625 Mills Rd. in Joliet Township at 1:32 a.m. this morning,...

Tags: Joliet, Mokena, New Lenox, Manhattan (New York City), Rockdale (Will, Illinois)