School districts weigh in on new assesstment. See page 24. SPORTS
McGee wins first state title for Plainfield East Page 13
SCHOOLS
North student leads Four Seasons Park handicap project...Page 5
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
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Volume 127 No. 30
Plainfield artist competing on SyFy’s ‘FaceOff’
Serving Will and Kendall counties
Some people know what they want to do for a career at an early age; some need four years of college, and others don’t figure it out until adulthood. Stephanie Masco of Plainfield used her talent and the training she received at the Statesville Haunted Prison in Crest Hill to help propel her into a nationwide monster mask making competition on the SyFy Network. See how she got there with Mark Gregory’s story on Page 8
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Peterson trial could begin as soon as July Defense attorney filed speedy trial demand Feb. 18 Drew Peterson’s trial on charges of trying to hire someone to kill Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow could begin in July, one of the prosecutors said last week. Randolph County State’s Attorney Jeremy Walker said Peterson’s court-appointed defense attorney, Lucas Liefer, filed a speedy trial demand on Feb. 18. “His attorney has filed a speedy trial demand, which means we have to try the case within 160 days of the filing,” Walker said. “We have a jury availability in July, and we’re going to try for a July trial unless the defendant moves off his speedy trial demand.” Randolph County has jury availability five times per year, with the next coming at the end of March. “At this point, we are planning for July,” Walker said. “Will defense be ready at that point? I can’t comment on that.” Walker said the speedy trial demand isn’t an unusual filing. “It’s a matter of due course in some cases,” he said. Peterson, 61, made his initial appearance at the Randolph County Courthouse on Feb. 9 on charges of one count of solicitation of
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