New Lenox mayor asks residents to boycott local gas stations

The mayor of New Lenox is asking residents to boycott local gas stations because prices are too high.

Tim Baldermann said gas prices in his village average about $3.50, higher than surrounding suburbsJoliet, Orland Park, and Homer Glen, according to a CBS Chicago report.

"We have to do something. The residents have got to send a message. It's a free market, and we respect that it's a free market, but that doesn't mean that I want our residents being taken advantage of, just because of our location," he said.

The CBS Chicago reports says it's the second time the mayor has urged residents to boycott. He made the same plea last year.

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Former Bourbonnais mayor, 62, breaks leg in stock car crash

Terry Vaughn knew he was in trouble when he came out of Turn 4 Friday night at the Kankakee County Speedway.

He had the steering wheel in his hand and it was no longer attached to the steering column. Moments later he crashed into the wall.

"I was having a nice season. But the season is over," 62-year-old Vaughn said with a chuckle from his Riverside Medical Center room on Monday.

The Limestone resident and former Bourbonnais mayor explained that to climb into his Sports Compact division 1986 Ford Mustang, the steering wheel has to be removed. He put the wheel back in place once he was seated, but not in the proper manner.

As a result, when he was spinning around Turn 4 during a qualifying race's fifth lap, the steering wheel pulled away from its post and his No. 53 car crashed into the wall at about 50 mph.

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