A family was displaced from a Mokena home after a Wednesday night fire, according to the New Lenox Fire Protection District. Shortly after 10 p.m., fire crews received a call to a raised ranch house in the 18700 block of Marshall Court in Mokena, said Deputy Fire Chief Terry Vavra. The flames could be seen from blocks away, he said. The fire, mostly contained to the attic, was put out within .
SIBU: With about 50 fire hydrants having been vandalised here of late, the Fire and Rescue Department has called on the public to help safeguard the units that were targeted for their copper parts.