A detention hearing may take place April 6 for a woman charged with the murder of her boyfriend and his parents in Crete Township. Prosecutors have filed a petition for Strouble to remain in the Will County jail.

A tentative agreement has been reached between First Student and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union representing its more than 17,000 bus workers nationwide, according to a news release.

Together for Taft, a newly established non-profit organization whose mission is to reopen and reimagine the Lorado Taft campus, is looking to keep the momentum going. The group is planning another kickoff event for April.

The need for the repair on the Lockport Lock and Dam was identified in 2025. The closure is expected to last several weeks.

A nearly 100-year-old coal tower just east of downtown DeKalb is nearing the end of its life.

A man who barricaded himself at a Joliet residence was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and rushed to the hospital. Police have not yet released his identity.

Winds gusts could reach 60 mph with possibility of half-dollar size hail, the National Weather Service said.

Filming for pilot starts in mid-April. Hundreds to be hired as extras in show that focuses on police work in joliet.

The man who died from the early Sunday shootings was David Velazquez, 20, of Hammond, Indiana