Stories about Shorewood, Illinois
Connor Freeman, a soon-to-be sixth grader at Trinity Christian School in Shorewood will show how to create “Scratch” coding games.
The president of Joliet Junior College will appear as the guest speaker for the 37th annual Freedom Fund Banquet held by the Joliet branch of the NAACP.
After 3 tornadoes touchdown in Will County, thousands of residents remain without power. Will County Emergency Management Agency is working with ComEd to get service back. Salvation Army, Red Cross working to assist people.
Communities across Will County begin cleaning up and assessing damage Tuesday from severe storms that swept across northern Illinois on Monday night July 15, 2024.
The Will County Health Department issued a warning Friday that mosquitos have tested positive for West Nile Virus in multiple Will County communities, though no human cases have yet been reported.
Joliet-based singer-songwriter Matt Sandelin will perform at Audiophil’s Records in Joliet.
Peter Mazzoni got into building Legos as a COVID-19 hobby. Now the Huntley resident has built Notre Dame Cathedral, the Titanic and many iconic edifices in Lego form.
The village board also recently approved a $4.3 million contract with D Construction for the project.
A passenger who was standing outside of a pick-up truck on Interstate 80 near Shorewood and Channahon was killed in a crash involving a semitrailer and another pick-up truck.
The Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Theatre will host an Independence Day celebration on Wednesday with live music, food vendors, artists and crafters, and fireworks.
Construction lanes will reopen for the holiday weekend but not everywhere.
Saturday's high temperatures did not keep people away from Plainfield Fest.
Dempsey recently opened Anh’s Cakery & Cafe in the former Cups n Cakes Bakery space at 1151 Brook Forest Ave. in Shorewood.
The breakfast session with the Joliet Chamber came nearly a month after the state legisilature approved a $53.1 billion budget in the early morning hours of May 29.
An event in Joliet called A Day Of Healing will take place June 29. The event aims to provide healing for victims of gun violence and bring communities together.
Grand Prairie Water Commission being established as overseers of Lake Michigan water project.
The annual event will begin at 3 p.m. Friday and conclude at 9 p.m. Sunday. The event is held at Joliet Memorial Stadium, 3000 W. Jefferson St., Joliet. Tickets can be purchased online.
Elian Raya, 20, and John Roy Hernandez, Jr., 22, both have been charged with the first-degree murder Fernando Contreras, 23, on June 1 in Joliet.
A Matter of Balance is an award-winning program designed to help elders manage falls and increase their activity levels.
Jana Brodeur said she started working at TCBY Shorewood during her senior year at Joliet West High School.
Students must read eight books of their choice during the summer break, record the names of the books on a form and return the form to Ventura’s office by Aug. 16
The remains of Pfc. Bryan Myers, killed in action in 1950, were recently identified and will be buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. The Joliet Police Department will provide an escort from Fred C. Dames Funeral Home to the cemetery.
Across Will County, communities are taking time to honor fallen service members with special Memorial Day events and observations over the holiday weekend
“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.
Jeffrey Santora, 50, of Shorewood, has been identified as the motorcycle passenger who was killed in a crash involving a school bus in Troy Township.
Melissa Aud-Headlee, 35, and mother of three children, was killed in Saturday - the day before Mother's Day - in front of her Joliet home by her estranged husband Michael “Mikey” Aud-Headlee, 32, of Carmi.
Chicago Street Farmers Market will feature local vendors, fresh vegetables and artisans on Saturday, its opening day of the 2024 season.
River Road bridge project will shut down traffic up to 15 minutes at 1 a.m. on four nights.
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.
New schedule not yet announced for River Road bridge project.
On Saturday, The Curator’s Café in Joliet hosted its second Artist Coffee Talk. This is a drop-in and informal gathering of artists of any and all mediums and skills to network and discuss their works.
Traffic will be completely stopped for up to 15 minutes at 1 a.m. on two nights.
A fourth grade student at Trinity Christian school in Shorewood was chosen to be this week's Friday Forecaster on WGN Morning News.
Repairs are taking place on Interstate 80 in Will County after police responded to multiple vehicles with tires damaged from potholes.
The $1.1 million project consists of repairing the bridge deck, approaches and structural steel, installing a new deck overlay and resurfacing.
Will County prosecutors requested the detainment of a man charged with identity theft because he "may be associated with a malicious force that intends to inflict harm on the citizens of the [U.S.]," court records show.
Her Coffee and Conversations will be 10 a.m. to noon at the doughnut and coffee shop located at 3043 Theodore St.
The Hippity-Hop Easter Egg Hunt, which was held on Saturday at the Shorewood retirement community, featured more than 7,000 eggs filled with candy,
Shorewood HUGS and the Village of Shorewood present the 14th annual "Hugs for Hounds" on Saturday.
The Medicare seminar is for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers
A Joliet man has been charged with possession of psilocybin, also known as "magic mushrooms." In 2022, he was charged with felony reckless conduct over a child's self-inflicted shooting.
Other forest preserve featured programs this month include highlighting farm life, the history of corn, and featuring women in nature
Corrigan's Pub in Shorewood will feature live music and entertainment throughout the month of St. Patrick's Day.
A man who was caught in a sting by the Save Our Siblings group at La Mex in Joliet has pleaded guilty to indecent solicitation of a child and child pornography in Will County.
Appointments are needed for Illinois Secretary of State Mobile DMV at the Troy Township event.
Conversations are ongoing between the YMCA Board of Directors, its leadership team, and the village of Shorewood to build a new center in the village, according to Katy Leclair, president and CEO of the Greater Joliet Area YMCA.
Karen and Paul Pastell of Shorewood also found smaller amounts of unclaimed property on the ICash database.
Severe weather Tuesday night prevented crews from working on eastbound lanes on Interstate 80 at River Road in Shorewood causing the completion of that project to be delayed a day,
Coffee and Conversations event is 4-6 p.m. Thursday in Plainfield.
Ashley Bodhaine, 36, formerly of Shorewood and now of Ottawa and single mom of an 11-year-old daughter, is organizing the Rock Circus Featuring Hairbangers Ball on April 27 at The Forge in Joliet to raise awareness of concussions and money for the Concussion Legacy Foundation.