Bob O'Dekirk

The family of Jamal Smith gathered outside the Will County Courthouse to remember his life and push for the release of "unseen videos" of the police shooting that led to his death last year.

A federal judge has not yet ruled on a motion that could decide the fate of a lawsuit against Joliet police officers over a man's death in 2020 that led to protests and controversy at Joliet City Hall.

A Will County judge ordered a former Joliet housing official to stay in jail on felony charges of drug possession and a charge alleging he violated a stalking no-contact order.

The case against a retired Joliet police sergeant charged with unlawfully accessing a squad video is set for a pretrial hearing in April. The video led to protests, a federal lawsuit and an investigation by the Illinois Attorney General.

A Will County judge dismissed the Joliet inspector general's lawsuit against Illinois State Police with prejudice. He ruled the inspector general had no power to file a lawsuit from the beginning.

A Grundy County judge ruled former Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk and Joliet Inspector General Sean Connolly are afforded immunity from a former Joliet councilman's defamation claims.

A judge will decide if Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow can intervene in the Joliet inspector general’s lawsuit against Illinois State Police for investigation records.

Fewer than three months after leaving office, former Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit naming the city, its former police chief and several others as defendants.

Another high-level official will leave the City of Joliet following a change in leadership in wake of the April 4 election.

Mayor O'Dekirk goes out fighting, repeats claims of conspiracy to discredit him as audience jeers.

Will County's chief judge had requested a judge in another judicial circuit be assigned to a former Joliet city council member's defamation lawsuit case against the outgoing mayor and inspector general.

Joliet's inspector general wants to take his lawsuit out of Will County. The county's top prosecutor has motioned to intervene and dismiss the case, which seeks Illinois State Police records into an investigation involving the Joliet mayor and other city officials.

Joliet's Inspector General fired back at Will County State’s Attorney's attempt to intervene his lawsuit case by claiming the top prosecutor is trying to shield himself from questioning over an investigation into an alleged conspiracy against the outgoing Joliet mayor.

But first he and new City Council will have to clear the city-manager hurdle.

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