Jessie Molloy

The city of Crest Hill is holding a special meeting Monday to address its next steps in its ongoing efforts to combat PFAS in it’s water system.

No charges were filed against Misty McMichael, the widow of the Chicago Bears star Steve McMichael, following her Friday arrest.

The City of Lockport approved contracts for the construction of a Boatyard Park along the I&M Canal near Heritage Village, funded in part by the Lockport Women's Club.

Joliet Public Schools District 86 is sending 33 students to the Illinois Junior Academy of Science regional competition in Naperville next month, including two students who received a perfect score on their project.

Bolingbrook police said they discovered a small amount of cannabis and a loaded 9mm handgun in the teen’s possession.

Lockport City Council and Committee of the Whole meetings will return to City Hall this week after being relocated for six months due to construction.

‘It’s beautiful. It feels like the most American thing,’ a Bolingbrook High School student protester said on Friday as she joined hundreds of students at the school in walking out to march against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

Lockport has approved plans for a new Dunkin Donuts building at 159th Street and Farrell Road.

Several hundred Bolingbrook High School students protested against the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities across the country on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. Students walked out of school to march through the streets.

Parents and some local elected officials called out the financial management of Joliet Public Schools District 86 after a vote to close A.O. Marshall Elementary School.

An eighth grade math teacher from Bolingbrook’s Brooks Middle School and a kindergarten teacher from Troy Hofer Elementary School in Shorewood were honored by the state.

Fred Hayes, who previously served Elwood and Joliet as chief of police, has been appointed as village administrator in Elwood.

Judy Easley, president of the Joliet Branch of the the NAACP, was bestowed with the Michael Austin Clark Community Leader Award by Joliet Township High School District 204.

Students from Joliet Central and Joliet West high schools took to the streets on Friday as part of a nationwide walkout to protest actions of ICE agents.

Joliet Public Schools District 86 held its third and final hearing on the potential closure of AO Marshall Elementary School.