Jim Ludes: Your Grundy & Will County Expert's Thoughts

There was a 12.27 acre parcel of land for sale to the southern-most tip of my town, Coal City, IL.  Instead of listing with one of the local real estate professionals the sellers opted for a company that sells primarily land and commercial developments. I can dig that...makes enough sense from a ...

I've only read 2 comic books in my entire life. One rainy day circa 1990 I skimmed over a pair of someone's Spiderman books and never REALLY took to liking them. Now, as an adult, I love comic book movies and would probably read the books if time allowed. My absolute favorite comic book mythos i...

The All-Star teams are in and while you, the voting fan, failed to get White Sox left fielder, Carlos Quentin, into the game- the players voted him in to make up for it. NOW you have a REAL chance to make a difference... As they have for the last several years, Major League Baseball is allowing t...

Lyn Sims wrote an interesting blog the other day about an email she recieved from Zillow that I HIGHLY recommend you check out. I had a comment for her and a bunch more to say/ question but didn't want to highjack her blogged thoughts taking them in a direction of my own. A little background for ...

Jim Ludes | Century 21 Coleman-Hornsby | 815-712-7786 109 E. Mississippi, Elwood, IL Elwood, IL 2-flat on 3 commercially zoned lots (www.Elwoodcommercial.com) Multi-Family, 2 units offered at $175,000 Year Built Unspecified Sq Footage Unspecified Floors 2 Parking Car garage Lot Size Unspecified ...

  The Joliet Junior College Wolves have won the NJCAA Division III World Series Championship! Two local young men were very pivotal in leading the Wolves to the top of the junior college ranks: Wilmington's Dillon Roark was the tournament's Most Valuable Player as well as taking honors on the al...

The L.A. Lakers and Boston Celtics are set to square off in an NBA Finals.....and this time, I didn't just get out of elementary school for the summer! The matchup the league most wanted to see (get your conspiracy theories fired up) is now a reality. And for what it's worth- here's my 2 cents.....

There are a number of buyers out there waiting with baited breath for the housing market to bottom out so they can snag a house on the "best possible deal." Fair enough. I get that. I, however, disagree with the logic and the execution. How do you know when the market has hit its bottom? When you...

For the first time in school history, the Coal City Coalers are heading to the state baseball finals! The Coalers avenged a football playoff loss to Addison Driscoll with a crushing 8-4 victory on Monday afternoon at Benedictine University in Lisle. The Coalers will be playing Stanford Olympia at...

Though I feel that voting for the MLB All-Star game begins a little too early, we're getting to the point where it actually starts to matter. I urge you, if you fill out an all-star ballot to strongly consider Chicago White Sox starting left fielder, Carlos Quentin as a write-in candidate. The 25...