Will County

Work will begin Monday on Richards Street, between Colburn and Fifth avenues, in Joliet, according to an announcement by the Illinois Department of Transportation.The $20 million project will rebuild the road and rehabilitate the bridge over Hickory Creek.

The Joliet City Council will vote Tuesday on plans to move ahead with a city park on North Center street originally conceived as a potential deterrent to an apartment housing sex offenders.

A national tour addressing the maternal health crisis in the U.S. made its latest stop in Joliet.

Joliet firefighters battle a tire fire Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.

Celebrating its anniversary, Pesciolino Osteria brings a new look, menu and website to the restaurant in Channahon.

Joliet city officials now call tram a shuttle, compare it to past trolley bus used to shuttle residents around downtown.

Galleria Furniture recently signed retail lease at Marycrest Shopping Center on Joliet's west side.

Will County property transfers from May 15 to Sept. 16, 2024.

The Nature Foundation held its first board meeting in 2014 as the Friends of the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Since then, the nonprofit has raised funds to make education programs, infrastructure improvements possible.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville and Republican challenger Jerry Evans of Warrenville disagree about whether abortion should be legal across America.

Interstate access was opened Monday to more than 309 acres of Joliet land at Interstates 55 and 80 in a development known as the Rock Run Collection.

State officials say bridges carrying both directions of Interstate 80 over Hickory Creek, Richards Street and Rowell Avenue/Canadian National Railroad are now substantially complete.

The Board of Directors of Abri Credit Union selected Colleen Brooks as the credit union’s next president and chief executive officer.

The future Jack in the Box in Joliet would go into a former Arby’s restaurant at 2101 Illinois Route 59, according to a staff memo to the City Council.

Seeks spot on board days ahead of vote on college president's contract

A Will County jury on Friday found a Crestwood man guilty of strangling a Lockport woman to death and smothering his 14-month old child four years ago because he didn’t want to pay child support.

Expect major delays and lane closures along Interstate 55 near Channahon this weekend. Alternate routes are suggested, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Joliet City Council votes Tuesday on a grant that could lead to millions in federal funds for neighborhood improvements around River Walk Homes.

The Lockport event is hosted by the Queering The Binary Foundation, First Congregational Church of Lockport UCC and The Prideful Path Project.

No arrests have been made yet in a shooting that damaged a vehicle in a northwest section of Joliet that’s close to Interstate 55.

From school fundraisers to large regional events, fall is the time for craft fairs in all sizes across Will County. Here are some upcoming shows.

The Clifton in Plainfield, which pairs the elegance and refinement of city dining with the connectivity and hospitality of the suburbs, also homage to the former Giambotta Pizza’s, which previously occupied its space.

IDOT has announced a plan for resurfacing and road patching along Chicago Street in Joliet for the next five weekends.

State Senator Rachel Ventura announced she will be hosting a town hall at the Joliet Public Library Black Road Branch to discuss the planned sale of Ascension St. Joseph–Joliet hospital to Prime HealthCare.

A section of U.S. Route 30 in Joliet will be closed for more than two months starting Friday for a local water main project.

A Will County jury was allowed to go home on Thursday night after 10 hours trying decide whether a Crestwood man is guilty of strangling a Lockport woman to death and smothering their 14-month-old daughter in 2020.

The third annual one-mile walk raising awareness about breast cancer and diabetes will take place on Saturday morning at the Will County Office building in Joliet.

The Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Theatre in Joliet and Critical Grind Board Game Café in Shorewood are offering mystery theater events in October.

Hidden Lakes Trout Farm in Bolingbrook will be hosting a Trout Season Celebration beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Pre-movie activities at the Harry Potter Movie Event at the ROXY Lockport include Sorting Hat house placement, Olivander’s Pop-up Shoppe and magic classes in herbology, divination and wand mechanics.

Officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of West Jefferson Street and Reed Street at about 3:06 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Joliet police.

A Crestwood man has chosen not to testify in a trial where he’s charged with killing a Lockport woman and their 14-month-old daughter in 2020.

Will County residents who have already applied for disaster relief through FEMA related to damage caused by July storms should expect to receive determination letters starting this week.

A 17-year-old student from Lockport has been charged after the FBI detected a threat made against Providence Catholic High School on Snapchat on Wednesday.

Gregory A. McCallum, 65, was pronounced deceased at 3:53 a.m. Monday at the Brandon Road Quarry located in the 1400 Block of Brandon Road in Joliet Township, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.

Members of the St. Joseph Nurses Association held a protest outside Ascension St. Joseph–Joliet hospital Tuesday after it claimed a union steward and oncology nurse was illegally fired by the hospital.

A local Boy Scout from Troop 63 spent his summer working with the mayor and members of the city staff to design a new flag for the City of Lockport.

JJC president points to more students and stable tuition during State of the College Address.

The Will County Health Department has the new 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine is now available at 3 clinics across the county.

Forensic scientists in a Lockport murder trial testified to finding a Crestwood man’s DNA on the fingernails and the neckline of a T-shirt belonging to a woman whom he’s charged with strangling to death in 2020.

A New Lenox woman was arrested in September after she was accused of coming up behind the Manhattan mayor’s wife outside Fritz’s Saloon, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her to the ground.

$1.9 million project includes patching and resurfacing is scheduled to begin this week on Route 6 in Joliet and Channahon.

Elina Triantou of Renaissance Center Banquets in Joliet, said the goal was to “bring together non-profits and celebrate the outstanding efforts of those who have made a difference.”

The Illinois EPA will give out grants to replace public buses will electric options to encourage environmental sustainability

Shannon Connolly, 47, of Frankfort, manager of central scheduling and insurance verification at Silver Cross, wasn’t even worried when she had the mammogram in November, even after Connolly learned she’d likely need follow-up tests.

The new Don Jose’s Cantina & Taqueria is open at 1080 E Lincoln Hwy. in New Lenox.

A police commander testified in Lockport murder trial on Monday about the evidence he gathered in the 2020 investigation of the homicides of a woman and her infant daughter.

A meeting focusing on the future of Wilmington-Peotone Road, between Interstate 55 and Drecksler Road, in Will County will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

The Lockport City Council has created new ordinances for tobacco shops selling drug paraphernalia which will take effect Jan. 1, 2025.

A federal judge sentenced a Lockport woman to serve time in jail for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol but not her husband, who instead must serve probation, court records show.