Schools among Will County had the 31st highest truancy rate of 14.4% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Taylor Wiscons, director of development for Special Olympics Illinois’ Law Enforcement Torch Run, said Plane Pulls have been held at various locations in Illinois for the last 15 years. Lewis University hosted the first one in 2019 and a second in 2022.
Erick Maya was sentenced to 122 years in prison in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, 15-year-old Briana Valle, and the attempted murder of her mother outside their Romeoville home.