Kankakee County

Democratic voters across seven Illinois counties delivered an overwhelming victory for Will County Judge John Anderson in his bid to become a justice on the 3rd District Appellate Court.

After a Will County judge granted a new trial for a man charged with a 2017 murder at the Joliet Outlaws' clubhouse, the man is now seeking his release from jail under the SAFE-T Act.

Another event about the abolishment of cash bail under the SAFE-T Act will be held on Feb. 28 at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook.

Any private landowners with forests, from homeowners to farmers, can apply for the Improving Oak Ecosystem Health in the Great Lakes Region in Northeastern Illinois program until March 29.

A Will County judge has not yet decided whether a man convicted of killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws motorcycle clubhouse should receive a new trial based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct.

A Joliet woman accused in the 2022 deadly crash that killed an Aurora doctor has been released from jail.

Kankakee County Judge William Dickenson has granted a defense motion to allow the release of Maria Aiello, 47, of Joliet, from jail under the SAFE-T Act.

A judge may decide on Oct. 10. whether Aiello should remain in jail.

A former investigator for the Will County Public Defender’s Office allegedly drove at 111 mph while under the influence of PCP and other drugs in a fiery crash in 2022 that killed a doctor in Joliet, court records show.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday called the development “the most significant new manufacturing investment in Illinois in decades.”

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.

Two tornadoes started in Minooka on Friday night, causing damage there and in sections of Shorewood, Joliet and Channahon, the National Weather Service said.

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) launched $10 million in funding for the third round of the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program meant to train statewide workers in the trades.

An Iraqi immigrant who was found in 2014 unfit to stand trial in an eavesdropping case against a former Will County sheriff was arrested after he was accused of communicating threats to multiple judges and the Will County State’s Attorney, police said.

No sentencing has been set for a man convicted of a 2017 murder at the Joliet Outlaws' clubhouse as there has yet been a hearing on his motion for a new trial.