The Frankfort Station

03/31/2020

Rounding off our Lincoln-Way team is T.J. Kremer III, dedicated editor of The Mokena Messenger:

“The People behind the Papers” is a Q&A series featuring the employees of 22nd Century Media who play an integral role in producing 15 community newspapers. The project is designed to give readers an inside look at the personalities that drive the journalism you have read weekly in print and dai...

03/31/2020

Meet Sean Hastings, editor of The New Lenox Patriot and an invaluable member of our team of journalists covering the Lincoln-Way area:

“The People behind the Papers” is a Q&A series featuring the employees of 22nd Century Media who play an integral role in producing 15 community newspapers. The project is designed to give readers an inside look at the personalities that drive the journalism you have read weekly in print and dai...

03/31/2020

Next up in our "People behind the Papers" profiles is Nuria, the editor of The Frankfort Station:

“The People behind the Papers” is a Q&A series featuring the employees of 22nd Century Media who play an integral role in producing 15 community newspapers. The project is designed to give readers an inside look at the personalities that drive the journalism you have read weekly in print and dai...

03/31/2020

Our "People behind the Papers” project is a Q&A series featuring the employees of 22nd Century Media who play an integral role in producing our community newspapers.

Our talented sports editor, Steve Millar, is the face behind many of the fantastic sports features we've published in the past year:

“The People behind the Papers” is a Q&A series featuring the employees of 22nd Century Media who play an integral role in producing 15 community newspapers. The project is designed to give readers an inside look at the personalities that drive the journalism you have read weekly in print and dai...

03/31/2020

Frankfort resident Gina Barrett, who has a degree in fashion design, is using her sewing machine skills to making masks for nurses:

Four months ago, Tina Barrett could be found making a specially designed dress for the character Esmerelda in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”Today, Barrett, who has a degree in fashion design, has switched her sewing machine skills to making masks for nurses. When she found out first responders w...

03/30/2020

Here's a quick look at what a few businesses in the area have been doing to help weather the storm.

As the coronavirus pandemic is impacting people around the globe — claiming lives and entirely changing the way others live — no businesses have been truly immune to its far-reaching, wide-scale disruptive power.

03/30/2020

Hickory Creek Community Church, like so many other churches, is now streaming its services online.

03/30/2020

Our latest Athlete of the Week is committed to play volleyball at Saint Xavier and is hoping for a chance to lead Lincoln-Way East his senior season. Find out more about the Griffins' John Glennon. Lincoln-Way East High School

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John Glennon is a senior at Lincoln-Way East and a middle hitter for the Griffins boys volleyball team. The start of the upcoming season is on hold due to the coronavirus. What are your thoughts on that?

03/27/2020

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03/27/2020

For more than a decade, The Frankfort Station has been your source of community news, bringing coverage of the Village, local school districts and the people and businesses that populate this incredible community right to your doorstep.

Today, we are asking for your help.

We need your help.I’m going to be direct and honest, because we do not have time for anything else.The impact of the coronavirus has been swift and merciless on local businesses, including ours. With an uncertain economy, many of those businesses are understandably careful with their remaining ava...

03/26/2020

Our latest Athlete of the Week is coming off a strong indoor track season. She'd like to be Simone Biles for a day. Find out more about Lincoln-Way East's Mariam Azeez. Lincoln-Way East High School

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Mariam Azeez is a sophomore on the Lincoln-Way East track and field team.How long have you competed in track and field and how did you first get into it?I’ve been doing it since sixth grade. I’ve always just natrually been kind of a fast runner, and I was like I might as well try it. I don’t m...

03/26/2020

Area law enforcement agencies have received multiple complaints about a man pretending to be a Will County Sheriff's Office SWAT team member and unlawfully making traffic stops, one of which reportedly occurred in the Frankfort area, Will County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief Dan Jungles told The Station on Thursday, March 26.

Area law enforcement agencies have received multiple complaints about a man pretending to be a Will County Sheriff's Office SWAT team member and unlawfully making traffic stops, one of which reportedly occurred in the Frankfort area, Will County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief Dan Jungles told The Sta...

03/26/2020

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday, March 25, that a second person from Will County has died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Wednesday, March 25, that a second person from Will County has died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.A 19-year-old was identified as the person who died, according to a spokesman for the Will County Health Department and Communit...

03/21/2020

UPDATE: Frankfort's Shannon Cooley and the rest of a U.S. women's football team have returned home on U.S. Air Force planes after being stranded in a Honduras hotel amid a lockdown in that country.

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Frankfort native Shannon Cooley and the other 54 players and coaches on a women's tackle football team that had been stranded in a Honduras hotel after the country closed its borders and began a lockdown were airlifted out of Honduras on Friday, March 20, and returned to the United States via two U....

03/20/2020

Local athletes and coaches are in wait-and-see mode as they hope spring sports will resume at some point.

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Mariam Azeez misses long jumps.The Lincoln-Way East sophomore track athlete is able to stay in gear for her running events easy enough while school is out and practices are on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic.But after breaking the school record for the long jump, going 19 feet-1.5 inches at the L...

03/19/2020

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Thursday, March 19, the death of three more people in Illinois with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, bringing the total deaths in the state related to the illness to four. The individuals include a Will County resident in his 50s.

A case of COVID-19 has led to a death in Will County.The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Thursday, March 19, the death of three more people in Illinois with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, bringing the total deaths in the state related to the illness to four.The indiv...

03/19/2020

A Frankfort woman and Lincoln-Way East grad is among 55 members of a U.S. football team stranded in a Honduras hotel after the country closed its borders.

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For Frankfort native Shannon Cooley, a trip filled with excitement and the chance to represent her country has turned into a nightmare.Cooley, a Lincoln-Way East graduate and a junior at Arizona State, is one of 55 members of a women’s tackle football team who are now stranded in Honduras amid a b...

03/18/2020

Illinois Department of Public Health officials confirmed Wednesday, March 18, that five individuals in Will County have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Illinois Department of Public Health officials confirmed Wednesday, March 18, that five individuals in Will County have tested positive for the coronavirus.Two of the patients are a married couple, a man and woman both in their 50s, which was reported Monday, March 16.The other three — a man in hi...