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Photo by Robert Bykowski/Staff photographer. Nine-year-old Samy Elmofty tosses a ball during the Bolingbrook Park District’s Wacky Water Week at the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatics Center on Monday.

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Man killed after holiday party
A 32-year-old Bolingbrook man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing a Romeoville man on Saturday, following…
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Fire destroys home
A fire destroyed a home in Bolingbrook last week, leaving it inhabitable and a family displaced, but…
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Village hopes to hold line on taxes
While the village of Bolingbrook will undoubtedly have a tough financial year ahead, village officials are not looking to make up…
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Bolingbrook’s Village Hall conveys the spirit of the season from many cultures.

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Protection during and after the holidays
Despite a lagging economy, shopping continues through the post-holiday bargain shopping — and protecting those purchases should be on…
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People participate in a live nativity demonstration at Adventist hospital in Bolingbrook on December 11. Hospital scene of Live Nativity
As a way to show its commitment to the community, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital recreated the scene of Christ’s birth with its…
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Bolingbrook bank robber caught downstate
A joint effort between Bolingbrook and Joliet Police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigations led to the capture of a…
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Crews use jackhammers and sledge hammers to break through a slab that held a 5-ton chiller to get to a broken water main at Independence Elementary School in Bolingbrook. Water main break closes school; neighborhood on boil order
It wasn’t the expected snow storm that forced Bolingbrook’s Independence Elementary School to close last week Wednesday but a broken…
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Bolingbrook High School students stand as members of the AFJROTC salute the arrival of Pfc. Michael Pearson’s body from Midway Airport at the high school on Nov. 12. Pearson’s body was escorted from Midway Airport by 50 Patriot Guard motorcycles and dozens of law enforcement vehicles.  Photo by Robert Bykowski. Honoring one of our own
Several thousand people lined the streets to show their respect as Army Private First Class Michael Pearson, who chose to honor his country and ended up losing his life on American soil, was broug...
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