Wilmington

A man has died and a girl has been flown by helicopter to a Chicago hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Thursday in Wilton Township in Will County.

The City of Wilmington announced in a news release that the Gemini Giant, an iconic Route 66 landmark, will remain in Wilmington along its portion of the historic road.

Wilmington VFW Post 5422 teams up with Ryan Jandura as iconic statue goes to auction.

A Will County judge ordered the pretrial release of a Braidwood man charged with meeting who he thought as a teenage girl at a forest preserve in Wilmington. He must be on GPS monitoring and stay off the internet as a condition of release.

Conditions on the Kankakee River improved Saturday as the threat of flooding continued to go down as temperatures stayed up.

The City of Wilmington issued an emergency declaration Friday afternoon as flooding from ice jams covers the area.

In August 2022, the Attorney General’s office filed charges against six individuals alleging they broke into businesses throughout northern Illinois and robbed video gambling machines, stealing approximately $400,000.

The Launching Pad restaurant building in Wilmington is one of the iconic stops for Route 66 tours. The Joliet Area Historical Museum might purchase the property.

The Will County Division of Transportation is holding two public information meetings in December about the future of Wilmington-Peotone Road, between Interstate 55 and Drecksler Road.

The Will County State's Attorney said the life of Nicholas Ercolini was "extinguished" because Erik Christensen, a "repeat offender, made the selfish decision to once again drive while intoxicated."

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a Wilmington man facing 12 charges of aggravated driving under the influence over a deadly crash that killed two parents and injured their children.

Barbie pink is popping up everywhere. People want to dress like Barbie, color their hair like Barbie and be photographed as Barbie.

State police have arrested a Wilmington man on DUI charges for a wrong-way interstate collision that killed two parents and hospitalized three of their children on June 27.

A retired Will County judge’s son was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol the day before he was jailed on a charge of making a false police report.

Arrest of Dwight man follows three-year investigation into alleged 2013 assault.