Joliet Township

Latest breakdown spurs early start on $3.4 million fix-and-upgrade project.

The Herald-News sports roundup for Tuesday, August 22 that includes results from girls volleyball, boys soccer and girls golf.

Sen. Durbin visits Brandon Road locks on Monday. Bridge should reopen Tuesday night.

Joliet Township High School District 204 officials are asking parents to consider taking their child to school at the beginning of the academic year. The district continues to face a declining number of bus drivers.

An annual festival in Joliet not only provided children a variety of street entertainment and back-to-school resources put also put a spotlight on the restaurants and businesses in the area.

A defense attorney has escalated his request for a new trial in the Joliet Outlaws’ murder case by claiming prosecutors committed misconduct and a judge failed to avoid numerous errors during last year’s trial.

Supporters of Karl Ferrell say he was “forced to resign” and “bullied” out of Joliet Township office by prosecutors who said Ferrell “deceived” voters by claiming he was eligible for office even though he’s a felon.

The Joliet Township board unanimously approved declaring a vacancy on the board after a trustee with a felony record lost his appeal to hold elected office.

Will County prosecutors have not made a decision on charges in an incident where a Will County sheriff's lieutenant fatally shot a man who took hostages at a Romeoville bank last year.

A judge said a Joliet man could’ve been a better “bigger brother” after he sentenced him to 27 years for his role in the 2016 murder of a 62-year-old U.S. Army Veteran, who was beaten to death with a baseball bat.

A man charged with the attempted murder of a man and a woman last year in Joliet Township was back in jail on a domestic battery charge.

Joliet Township is in the process of hiring staff for a new program to prevent and address gun violence in the community.

Brandon Road bridge will close intermittently for lock repairs. Briggs Street bridge will be replaced.

A patron was accused of firing a gun and injuring a woman at Terrace Inn Lounge in Joliet, police said. The owner had also been arrested on a charge of recklessly firing a gun in 2021.

The woman was accused of firing a gun at the man’s vehicle in Joliet Township after she received a call from a neighbor that he was removing items from her residence, police said.