New Lenox, Illinois news and information from the Joliet Herald-News, part of the Shaw Local News Network
A Joliet attorney is challenging the constitutionality of Illinois civil forfeiture. His court filing in a forfeiture case claims Will County prosecutors are "prosecuting for profit" instead of justice.
“It’s not like they come out of the ground and you hear this gigantic, deafening sound. They need time to complete their life cycle," said Nancy Kuhajda, program coordinator at the University of Illinois Extension in Will County, in describing the emergence of cicadas.
Nyla Brooke Haywood, who was born Nov. 17, 2023, at 22 weeks and 3 days, and weighing 1.1 pounds and measuring 11 inches long, was discharged from Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox the day after Mother’s Day.
Wyler's BBQ made a name for itself at Slammers games, now has a Channahon restaurant.
Kristin Walls, who is also a second grade teacher at Jones Elementary School in Minooka, had a vertebral artery dissection on Thanksgiving Day.
Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox has received an “A” in patient safety 19 consecutive times since 2015.
View our photos of the New Lenox Loyalty Day parade here
The Village of New Lenox will host the 44th annual Loyalty Day Parade on Sunday, May 5 starting at 2 p.m.
Routine inspections of Des Plaines River bridges start Monday and run through May 17.
Two of Silver Cross' champions are emergency medicine doctors with EM Strategies, who treat patients in the emergency department of the New Lenox hospital.
Spanish Honors Society members from Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox and their teacher Lara DeVries conducted mock citizenship interviews to participants at the Spanish Community Center in Joliet.
The 16-mile I-80 project through parts of Will County will result in three lanes in each direction instead of the original plan to keep it at two lanes with auxiliary lanes to ease access at interchanges.
Officials from the Village of New Lenox broke ground Monday on the new Crossroads Sports Complex, where it hopes to host large youth sports tournaments starting in spring 2025.
The Rock Circus featuring Hairbangers Ball event on Saturday at The Forge in Joliet is a benefit to raise awareness about concussions and to raise money for the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
Traffic will be completely stopped for up to 15 minutes at 1 a.m. on two nights.