News about death
Melissa Aud-Headlee, 35, and mother of three children, was killed in Saturday - the day before Mother's Day - in front of her Joliet home by her estranged husband Michael “Mikey” Aud-Headlee, 32, of Carmi.
Kathleen Schultz loved covering the Sauk Valley, concentrating on courts and crime. One lawyer she covered called her "kind and compassionate, but tenacious and relentless."
At 11:10 a.m. Saturday, Joliet police responded to the 3400 block of Pandola Avenue after receiving a report of a female being stabbed in the street.
Elwood and county police are investigating the death of a man found with his car near the BNSF train yard on April 4.
Gary Freeman has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder, one count of residential arson and one count of concealment of a homicide. He is charged in connection with the death of Devin K. Gibbons, 28, of Rochelle.
Crest Hill Police have reported that two people were killed in a car crash Saturday night. A search is underway for the driver, who fled the scene.
Under the proposed bill, a patient with six months or less to live could opt to take a prescribed medication to end his or her life. The proposed bill includes several requirements that must be met before a patient can obtain the medication.
Two killed in crash in Joliet
The lawsuit was filed by the parents of a 25-year-old man who was killed in a refinery explosion and fire in unincorporated Lemont last year. The lawsuit alleged industry safety standards were violated before the incident.
Neighbors say slaughter of seven on West Acres Road 'shocking' but 'you don't know anymore.'
The Will County Sheriff's police are investigating a suspicious death in unincorporated New Lenox after a woman reported her parents dead from gunshots.
Bernadette Quasie, 49, was found dead at 6 p.m. at a residence in the 6000 block of Langsford Lane, on the northwest side of Joliet, according to the Will County coroner’s office.
Crest Hill police currently believe the shooting is isolated.
Police said the deceased man has been identified as Raymond Reidl, 68, of Dixon.
President Joe Biden on Thursday night spoke with the father and uncle of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume, a Muslim boy who was stabbed to death in an alleged hate crime attack against him and his mother inside their Plainfield Township home, the White House said.