About 45 firefighters from the Northwest Homer, Homer Township and Lemont Fire Protection districts received hands-on lessons in safe equine handling and proper evacuation procedures from Holistic Riding Equestrian Therapy.
Dru Worker, a 25-year-old working for contractor M&J Industrial Services, was killed in the explosion at the Seneca Petroleum facility located near Citgo’s sprawling Lemont refinery.
An investigation is underway after an asphalt tank at a petroleum plant in Unincorporated Lemont exploded on Tuesday, killing a contractor from the Chicago.
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For the unopposed races, Michael Shackel is running for township supervisor and Barbara Buschman is running as township clerk.
Labno is the current township highway commissioner, and he works as the project manager and head estimator for Hoppy s Landscaping.
Durham has previously served as a Lemont Fire District trustee, and is a facility operations and maintenance manager.
Blatzer is a current trustee and was appointed to the township board in June 2020. She previously served as a Village Trustee for Lemont for 20 years
Blatzer, Molitor, Virgilio and Nathan are running as the Township First slate, while Mollo is running as an independent. Buschman, Shackel and Labno are also part of the Township First slate.