Coal City Courant

After 12 years, Nelson stepping aside for now

Published by admin on Tue, 04/30/2019 - 6:46pm

For a dozen years Neal Nelson served the village of Coal City, first as mayor, and most recently as a town trustee. His time in municipal government is quickly coming to an end.
Five years ago Nelson announced he wouldn’t seek a third term as mayor, yet he wasn’t quite ready to walk away from public service. He put his name on the ballot and was elected to a trustee post in 2015. That appears to have begun the transition he needed to step down from a seat on the board, at least for now.

Coal City’s ‘Tuck Everlasting’ nominated for musical theatre awards

Published by admin on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 5:50pm

Coal City High School Theatre Department’s production of “Tuck Everlasting,” is in the running for four Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards presented by Broadway in Chicago.
“We are ecstatic to have nominations for Best Actor, Best Scenic Design, Best Direction and a first for our program, Best Production,” Coal City Theatre Department’s director Jack Micetich said.
Coal City is one of five schools to be nominated for Best Production, an award that recognizes overall achievement including acting, vocals, choreography, direction and technical elements.

Slammers to host game at Cullick Field

Published by admin on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 5:49pm

Joliet Slammers, the city of Joliet’s professional baseball club, will be heading to Coal City for an exhibition game against the Windy City Thunderbolts.
The two teams, members of the independent Frontier League, will play an afternoon game at Coal City High School’s Cullick Field on Sunday, May 5. The first pitch set for 2 p.m. Admission is free.
The Joliet Slammers enter the season as the 2018 Frontier League Champions. The team’s home opener is a 7:05 p.m. game against the Thunderbolts on Thursday, May 9 at Route 66 Stadium.

Coal City Fire responds to fewer calls

Published by admin on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 5:48pm

For the first time in more than 10 years, the Coal City Fire Protection District witnessed a decline in call volume.
In an annual report to the fire protection district’s board of trustees, chief James Sheldon reported a 1.14 percent decline in calls from 1,658 requests for service in 2017 to 1,639 in 2018.
The total number of fire calls were 521, an increase of 11 from the prior year. The remaining 1,118 calls were for emergency medical services (EMS).

Crews on scene of fire in Coal City

Published by admin on Fri, 04/19/2019 - 12:49pm

The Coal City Fire Protection District is on the scene of a structure fire at 155 N. Broadway.
Fire crews were dispatched at 11:41 a.m. and called in assistance from several departments including Wilmington, Braidwood, Morris, Gardner and Seneca. The Grundy County Command van was also sent to the site.
The single family residence is located between First and Second streets.
Few details are available at this time as fire crews are still on scene.
The occupants of the home were able to escape the fire.

Winning lottery ticket sold in Diamond

Published by admin on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 3:08pm

If you bought a Lucky Day Lotto ticket in Diamond, you may want to check it right away. The Minit Mart at Interstate 55 and Division Street sold a $1,150,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket in the Tuesday, April 16, evening drawing.

Trashformations

Published by admin on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 6:44pm

The recycling bin held the items necessary for local second and third grade students to create winning entries in this year's Trashformations contest.
Coal City Elementary School third grader Caiden Tourigney went straight to his family's recycling bin for the materials he needed to create “Bob,” a robot with a body built from plastic bottles, tin cans, cardboard, chip bags and plastic caps, and a face that looked a lot like a Lunchable tray.

Backpack Program granted $3,000

Published by admin on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 6:42pm

The Coal City Backpack program serves to keep kids nourished and as it begins to wrap up its fifth school year it received a boost from Exelon Generation.
The power generator recently presented the non-profit help organization with a $3,000 grant to aid its efforts to provide supplemental food to children in the Unit 1 School District.
Throughout the school year, the Backpack program provides students in need with supplemental food twice each week—Tuesdays and Fridays. The bags contain items like macaroni and cheese, fruit snacks and fruit cups, juice and crackers.

Developer dedicates land for municipal improvement

Published by admin on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 6:41pm

An unimproved, grassy area west of DiPaolo Drive between two improved sections of Oak Street is being dedicated to the village of Coal City.
Property owner Jim Fredin has agreed to dedicate the land to the village providing it the right-of-way needed to install a new gravity fed sanitary sewer, and at some time in the future to construct a roadway to connect the two sections of Oak Street.
Village trustees accepted the right-of-way and approved entering into a development agreement with Fredin with regard to future road construction.

Utility rates going up, utility bills going down

Published by admin on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 6:39pm

Coal City residents will be paying more for every shower, load of laundry and garden watering, actually every drop of water consumed in the village will cost a bit more now that town officials approved a 9 percent rate increase. However, the good news for residents is they will be paying less overall.
Each year the village reviews its rate structure and total expenses according to a formula that takes into consideration the various costs to operate the system.