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More than 40 shots were fired in a Wednesday shooting that caused damage to a residence and a vehicle in the 1400 block of North Center Street in Joliet, police said.
The Cosley Foundation has named the four 2024 Michael T. Williams Scholarship recipients
Connor Freeman, a soon-to-be sixth grader at Trinity Christian School in Shorewood will show how to create “Scratch” coding games.
The two men who suffered gunshot wounds at Pilcher Park in Joliet had a confrontation with each other, police said.
The Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway is an organization dedicated to promoting Route 66 businesses and sites in Illinois. If you're looking to take a road trip and see the Route 66 sights, check out their website.
Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and Joliet Mayor Terry D'Arcy have partnered with ShareFest Will County to provide a free food giveaway this weekend.
The Ruby Street in downtown Joliet will be closed for work Tuesday, July 30 to Friday, Aug. 2.
The restaurant, located at 400 Moen Ave. in Rockdale, opened for business on July 20
Rockdale Pancake House is open 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday through Saturday.
A Bolingbrook man is accused of allowing the shut down of an electronic monitoring device that was placed on him after he was charged with a battering his former girlfriend and violating her protective order.
A state lawmaker from Joliet said she's been in contact with Ascension to plan a town hall “in order to provide answers to the community" regarding the Prime Healthcare acquisition.
A Bolingbrook man has been charged with an arson on Wednesday that caused severe burns to a 35-year-old man.
A 24-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the head at Pilcher Park in Joliet and he was flown to a hospital in Chicago for treatment.
Jayden Velazquez-Garcia, 19, of Plainfield, was identified as the man who died from the shooting on Wednesday, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.
Will County will hold the meeting at the Nowell Park Recreation Center in Joliet on Tuesday to discuss the first phase of the project.
State legislators resumed a series of hearings this week to scrutinize pharmacy benefit managers – a highly concentrated industry that critics say drives up the cost and limits availability of prescription drugs
Starting Monday, Joliet residents can go to the city website to view design ideas for a sculpture and vote for their favorite. Voting will end on Aug. 9.
Joliet police were called to the scene of a non-fatal shooting on North Center Street in the early hours of Wednesday.
A high-speed chase of a suspect in Joliet and Interstate 80 led to the collision of two police vehicles and the suspect’s vehicle to flip over in a separate crash, police said.
Downtown Joliet was the site for local and Illinois police as well as state department of transportation officials to promote a traffic safety campaign along the famed roadway on Tuesday.
The president of Joliet Junior College will appear as the guest speaker for the 37th annual Freedom Fund Banquet held by the Joliet branch of the NAACP.
The Herbert Trackman Planetarium in Joliet Junior College hosts free planetarium shows on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Because of the donation, from the Council of Working Women, the St. John Lutheran Church Food Pantry was able to purchase healthy protein options in bulk at a reduced rate.
Proceeds from the 33rd Annual Silver Cross Charity Golf and Pickleball Classic fundraiser “benefit the greatest needs at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox," according to a news release from Silver cross.
Demolition of the old Joliet Catholic High School gym, now priced at $1.5 million, is expected to start in early August and be completed this year.
One Illinois Democrat senator said she'll always support the role of "the people in the process of selecting a new nominee and am anxiously awaiting to see who the elected delegates choose.”
One of Will County’s top elected officials commended U.S. President Joe Biden after he made the stunning decision to drop out of the 2024 race for the White House.
Explore the stone foundations of Joliet’s once-thriving industrial plant that are over 100 years old.
Rock and Roll museum has no reopening date. JJC campus closed at least three weeks.
Filotto Professional Services in Joliet and the Edward Jones Joliet office both have second generation succession plans.
The wife of a Joliet man who was fatally wounded in a 2023 police shooting has filed a lawsuit that alleged the officers failed to defuse the situation and used excessive force.
The driver of a pickup truck on Interstate 55 in Channahon has died after his vehicle struck a bobtail truck, according to Illinois State Police.
First Secure Community Bank of Joliet announces a free Shred Event scheduled for Saturday
A Joliet man asking for money was accused of punching a woman who declined to give him cash and threatening to shoot officers who arrested him, prosecutors said.
The lead pastor for Victory City Church in Joliet said volunteers provided food to 600 families on Wednesday evening. Volunteers plan to deliver more food at 6 p m.. Thursday at the church.
Joliet's fire chief urged caution with using portable generators during power outages. A household of 12 people in the city had been hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Comicopolis will be held Saturday inside and around the White Oak Library District's Lockport branch. The first 500 attendees to the eighth annual Comic and Fandom Con will receive free swag bags.
The Joliet City Council on Tuesday approved the system that's designed to spot oversized trucks in residential neighborhoods and other areas where they are not permitted.
Reports are that Interstate 55 south of Joliet near Channahon has reopened after being shutdown from debris and transformers laying on the roadway following the tornadoes that went through Monday night.
After 3 tornadoes touchdown in Will County, thousands of residents remain without power. Will County Emergency Management Agency is working with ComEd to get service back. Salvation Army, Red Cross working to assist people.
Two transformers fell on a section of Interstate 55 south of Joliet as a result of Monday night's storms. Reopening still depends on state road inspectors giving the OK.
The Joliet Park District on Thursday plans to reopen the front nine holes of the Inwood Golf Course and four of the baseball fields at the Inwood Athletic Complex following this week's storms.
This second restaurant is called Cemenos at the Park and is located at 3000 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet.
The concerts will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21 and Sunday, Aug. 18 at Bishops Hill Winery, 310 Bridge St. in Joliet.
Reports of possible tornado touchdowns from Monday night's storms are being checked throughout the Will County, but as of Tuesday morning, there were no reports of buildings being damaged or destroyed.
The closure of I-55 extended to both directions between Illinois Route 6 and River Road, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Although Angel Contreras was a no-show at what would’ve been his final meeting with Joliet Township, he nevertheless received praise from several colleagues, including his successor on the township board.
The school is located on the far west side of Joliet, and the damage marks one more example of the scattered impact of the storm across the city.
Forest Park also sustained damage from falling trees.
Police have been to site 31 times since 2015, including body found July 2, fire in February, and trespasser injured in fall a year ago.