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Harveston Resident Shares The Merry, Brings Cheer To Temecula Valley - Temecula, CA - Seeing Christmas lights sprout up across the count is a treat. We found one resident who loves to help his neighbors with holiday displays.

Carlsbad Sunset Paints A Golden Highway To Horizon: Photo Of The Week - Carlsbad, CA - A Carlsbad family captured this beautiful sunset photo from Moonlight Beach.

15 Photos: Pizza Ranch Opens Near Joliet: 'The Country's Best Chicken' - Shorewood, IL - Pizza Ranch, an Iowa-based restaurant buffet, opened in Shorewood along the frontage road near the Interstate 55 interchange for Joliet.

Buck art director Helena Dong explains how she created an augmented reality exhibit for Takashi Murakami's work at The Broad in Los Angeles.

This advanced MIDI synthesiser is easy to build and can be hooked up to any MIDI compatible device. It lets you explore the broad range of acoustic elements that capture the characteristics of real and imaginary instruments. It is more than an experiment – it is a full-blown instrument capable of forming rich, detailed sounds using a plethora of settings, envelopes and waveforms – a blank canvas. by Jeremy Leach

UpdatedThu, Jun 3, 2021 at 3:25 pm CT Reply Hernandez thanks Sheriff Mike Kelley (above), as well as other Will County officers, for their help. (Courtesy of Will County Sheriffs Office) PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, IL — Two years after she was stabbed in a brutal attack at the group home where she worked, caretaker Delia Hernandez met with members of the Will County Sheriffs Office to thank them for their live-saving efforts in the June 1, 2019 incident. Police said the knife blade Hernandez was sta...

UpdatedSun, Mar 14, 2021 at 11:22 pm CT Replies(10) Mauve — Nosh & Libations will be filling the space between the Happy Place Cafe and the Will County Brewing Company in Shorewood. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) SHOREWOOD, IL — When storefronts in Shorewood go empty, they dont tend to stay empty very long. The former Sacred Path Yoga studio is being replaced by Mauve — Nosh & Libations. Its considered a crafted cocktail, wine and small plate bar. In recent days, the owners of the...

UpdatedMon, Mar 1, 2021 at 1:52 am CT Replies(25) Darrell Gavin lasted two years as a deputy chief in the Joliet Police Department. He was regarded as ineffective in his job. (Image via city of Joliet FOIA ) JOLIET, IL — Darrell Gavin had a successful tenure as a detective sergeant at the Joliet Police Department, but his last two years as a deputy police chief were not a success. Rather than be demoted down to sergeant in January, Gavin negotiated a $17,688 raise to spike his pension and bo...

UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:08 pm CT Replies(20) Pastor Warren Dorris previously served 24 years on the Joliet City Council. Now, hes making a political comeback. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — The Dock at Inwood was busy Tuesday night and most of the crowd was coming for Warren Dorris political fund-raiser. Dorris served on the Joliet City Council from 1987 until 2011 when he lost his bid for mayor. Now, a decade later, Dorris is back, and hes energized about the Apri...

UpdatedFri, Jan 29, 2021 at 3:38 pm CT Replies(3) Chicagos Chicken Shack opened Friday in Crest Hill. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) CREST HILL, IL — A new takeout restaurant that opened at noon Friday has a simple menu because the owners of Chicagos Chicken Shack want customers impressed with all their food, not just some of their food. "Our menu is simple," remarked John Smelser, a North Beverly resident who is one of the co-owners. "Its fish, shrimp and chicken and its seasoned to ...