The Zoning Board of Appeals has approved the special use permit MorningStar Mission Ministries needed to provide youth services at the YMCA building in Joliet that has been closed for more than a year.

Joel Brodsky, Drew Peterson's former attorney, is seeking a higher court to reverse and vacate Will County judge's gag order. Brodsky threatened to break his attorney-client privilege with Peterson.

Bolingbrook Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta said this year’s Memorial Day carnival will feature an expanded footprint on the village property off of Briarcliff Road.