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.

A section of barrier wall fell off the second level of a parking deck on Scott Street in downtown Joliet on Thursday night.

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Shaw Media photojournalists Alex Paschal, Mark Busch and Matthew Apgar recently won awards from the Associated Press Media Editors Awards.

The Joliet Latino Economic Development Association has announced that the Joliet Latino Music and Food Fest will be returning to downtown Joliet this September.