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People came to the City Council meeting wanting answers on Joliet plans for Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park.

Bolingbrook's victory over Joliet West moves the Raiders up the standings and over .500 on the season with just a few games left to play.

ICE agents showed up at the parking lot of Azteca de Oro in Joliet on Saturday but left upon a request from the banquet hall manager.

On Tuesday afternoon, multiple Joliet police squad vehicles were at a section of the Walmart parking lot, which was taped off, as officers investigate an incident where a woman was struck by a vehicle.

The U.S. Census Bureau had been conducting the special census. As of Oct. 1, the bureau’s special census operations have been paused because of the federal government shutdown.

Julie Bay of New Lenox was diagnosed with stage 2 multifocal breast cancer in 2025 - but she didn't need chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

People waited an hour for coffee at 7 Brew on West Jefferson Street. The company is building a second Joliet location.

The Joliet City Council this week will vote on a drive-thru permit Dunkin' shop on the corner of Briggs and Washington streets.

The city is saying little about its plans for Bicentennial Park after the park manager was put on administrative leave.

The city is saying little about its plans for Bicentennial Park after the park manager was put on administrative leave.

Lincoln-Way Central's boys golf team won the championship at the Class 3A Lockport Sectional, edging Lincoln-Way East by one stroke

The City of Lockport has agreed to purchase the former Dellwood Tire property in order to redevelop it.

At 1:30 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to the crash on the westbound lanes of I-80 at milepost 138, according to a statement from Illinois State Police.

A Joliet man has been charged with threatening to come to Joliet City Hall with a handgun and shoot people, police said.

Brayden Mooney scored two goals in a 3-0 win over Plainfield South to earn Athlete of the Week honors.

A Joliet police lieutenant put on leave last July for an ongoing city inspector general investigation was found in 2024 to have violated departmental policy by shooting at a fleeing vehicle, city records show.

A Joliet police lieutenant put on leave last July for an ongoing city inspector general investigation was found in 2024 to have violated departmental policy by shooting at a fleeing vehicle, city records show.

A preliminary investigation indicates a man on a skateboard was heading south on Heggs Road when he was struck by a gray Nissan Rogue traveling in the same direction, police said.

Read the description of each pet to learn about it, including where it can be adopted in Will County.

A man in Joliet is expected to survive a gunshot wound to the groin, police said.

Mark your calendar now for the Joliet Public Library fall book sale. Expect to find hardcovers, paperbacks, audiobooks, movies, and music.

One person was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and Grady Drive.

The project will close Tom Giarrante Drive at County Line Road for the duration of the work, the city of Joliet said.

Business owners and landlord’s in Joliet’s Special Service Area are invited to have coffee with Emmanuel Lopez, the new executive director for the Joliet City Center Partnership.

The fire broke out Saturday morning on Ashley Court North in Lockport.