Felix Sarver

Prime Healthcare officials are touting the praise they’ve received from a state review board following criticism from union nurses, including one Joliet nurse who said the company’s actions are “death by a thousand cuts.”

Prime Healthcare has been in network with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois since buying up Illinois medical facilities, and they will remain in network after June 1.

A Joliet Township man in prison for first-degree murder is seeking a lighter sentence under a lesser offense, which his brother received even though prosecutors said he was the one who killed the victim with a baseball bat.

A firearm instructor from Frankfort has been charged with issuing a false concealed carry firearm training certification in exchange for $300.

An Illinois National Guard staff sergeant from South Elgin has been charged in Will County with official misconduct by looking up someone’s license plate for no “official purpose.”

Peter Strama, 22, was taken to the jail on Thursday after his arrest by the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

The speed of an SUV involved in a deadly Joliet crash and the factors that led to the initial collision “remain significant parts of the ongoing crash investigation being conducted by our traffic unit," a police spokesman said.

A judge found a Plainfield Township man guilty of the first-degree murder of a girlfriend who was brutally beaten to death in 2018 in Romeoville.

A security guard at Anthony’s Restaurant & Pub in Joliet was struck in the face and bit during an altercation with two patrons, police said. 

The artist who designed the Unity Dome said she was "very honored to be part of the bigger project to be creating something very special for City Square for Joliet."

A Joliet police officer on patrol heard the sound of an animal crying and saw a man punching and kicking a pit bull while it was lying on the ground, a police spokesman said.

A search warrant operation on Dixon Avenue in Joliet led to the discovery of drugs, guns and one handgun modified to fire shots automatically, police said.

A teen in Joliet has been charged with stabbing another teen at the Riverwalk Homes apartment building in Joliet, police said.

Inwood Park in Joliet was designed to ensure “every element supports meaningful play, social connection and physical activity," Joliet Park District officials said.

Residents in Joliet, Lockport and Shorewood took to the streets Friday afternoon to take part in a series of May Day protests.