Felix Sarver

A federal lawsuit claims a "culture of impunity and ratification" emboldened a Joliet police officer to use excessive force in an incident that led to the death of a man who was acting erratically after making a 911 call.

Federal officials have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of an Illinois law that blocks federal immigration agents from conducting civil arrests in state courthouses.

Will County authorities are still investigating the death of an infant who was born in a toilet and buried in a box in Wilmington, police said.

The top prosecutor in Kendall County said “usurping federal authority is always a bad idea” when he was asked about a recent state law blocking federal agents from making civil arrests in state courthouses. 

A former Will County sheriff’s deputy is facing six more felony charges accusing him of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and possession of child sex abuse materials.

The suspect in a Frankfort Square gas station armed robbery was found “hiding in the women’s restroom of a nearby McDonald’s,” police said.

An attorney for a Joliet police lieutenant said he doesn't believe he did "anything wrong and this is a wrongful termination and obviously that’s why we’re appealing."

The "quick actions" of four Will County sheriff's deputies have been credited with saving the life of a pregnant woman who was injured in a shooting earlier this year.

A retired Will County judge has been assigned to the circuit court in Cook County in response to a “shortage of judges” in the county.

A Plainfield man is facing misdemeanor charges after he was accused of threatening a family member with a knife, crashing his vehicle into a light pole and yelling at someone while waving a firearm.

Suspects in the Homer Glen home invasion and robbery of a 73-year-old woman had fled from police and crashed their vehicle in Joliet Township.

Maxine Boykin, the first Black female officer for the Joliet Police Department, died on Nov. 26 at 90. Her son, Mark Boykin Sr., 64, said he had been “blessed” with a loving mother.

The incident was reported on Monday in the 200 block of Munroe Street in Joliet.

Charges were filed last week against a Plainfield Township man following a Will County Sheriff’s Office investigation of a shooting that was reported on June 5.

The 2026 budget for Joliet “holds the line on property taxes for the second consecutive year," according to city officials. The city council is expected to vote on the budget next week.