The Lockport baseball team keeps finding a way, Joliet West's impressive season and more in the Herald-News baseball notebook.

A Joliet police officer on patrol heard the sound of an animal crying and saw a man punching and kicking a pit bull while it was lying on the ground, a police spokesman said.

A search warrant operation on Dixon Avenue in Joliet led to the discovery of drugs, guns and one handgun modified to fire shots automatically, police said.

The closures are necessary to safely install steel beams on the I-80 bridge over Interstate 55, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.

A single-family home located at 1852 Maple Glen Drive in Plainfield changed owner on April 20.aA single-family home located at 1852 Maple Glen Drive in Plainfield changed ownership on April 20.

Prison yard again is site of baseball for ‘unique event’

The Herald-News presents this week’s Pets of the Week. Read the description of each pet to learn about it, including where it can be adopted in Will County.

Plainfield plan commissioners are set to review plans for Dutch Bros. Coffee, which wants to build an approximately 1,000-square-foot cafe on a vacant piece of land south of Route 30 and west of Spangler Road.

A teen in Joliet has been charged with stabbing another teen at the Riverwalk Homes apartment building in Joliet, police said.