As excited as we all are about the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, the Will County Democrats have no access to tickets for any event in Washington DC. We suggest that you try your Democratic Senator, Congressman or State Representative in your area. We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the Democratic Party during this election season and we continue to look forward to great things from this group. Please feel free to continue to use this website as a resource for information and happenings with regards to the local Will County Democratic organization.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama has chosen Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate on the Democratic ticket in the race for the White House, according Obama's Web site. The new teammates are expected to make their first public appearance together at a rally planned at the Old State Capitol in Springfield. Reports started circulating of Biden's selection late Friday as media reported Obama had alerted a number of his top candidates for vice president that he had chosen another. Then speculation swirled around Biden. The Web site announcement was followed by text messages sent by the campaign to thousands of people who had signed up to receive the news directly.

When Kathleen Savio's lifeless body was discovered in the empty bathtub of her Bolingbrook home in 2004, state police immediately decided her death was not suspicious, a Will County deputy coroner's report obtained by the Tribune shows.   The investigators and experts re-examining her death as a possible murder are now asking how police could have been so quick to overlook signs that something sinister may have happened to the third wife of Drew Peterson, then a sergeant for the Bolingbrook Police Department.