Residents in Lemont and the surrounding communities are planning to object Friday to a petition by the Citgo Lemont Refinery to the Illinois Pollution Control Board to allow for more carbon monoxide emissions under certain circumstances.

The Romeoville police and fire Departments have announced a partnership with the Association for Individual Development to provide 24/7 case management services for residents in crisis.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup runs through July 19.

The owners of HopScotch & Vine restaurant announced the restaurant would not reopen after being damaged by fire in January.

Joliet Junior College is officially expanding, as the long-discussed Grundy County campus has been approved by all parties.

Will County communities are bracing for another round of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday even as they are still cleaning the debris from last week’s derecho. 

The new Smart 911 alert system is replacing the current Everbridge system that several Will County municipalities currently use to send out public safety messages to registered residents via text, phone, email, or app alerts.

Officials participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at Oswego East High School on Wednesday for a 30-mile, nearly $400 million Lake Michigan transmission main extension to provide Lake Michigan water to the three communities.

Joliet police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Reonah Epting, 25, who was out of state but now may be back in the area. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call 911 or 815-724-3020.

Romeoville now has the second-highest number of reported monarch way stations in Illinois behind Chicago.

“Pollinator Party is one of the most interactive and exciting events hosted at Isle a la Cache,” said Jen Guest, facility supervisor for the museum.

Will County Auditor Duffy Blackburn served as treasurer on the board for the Senior Services Center of Will County until a year ago.

Creditors include $7.8 million bank loan for Ovation Center in Romeoville and $53,000 in unpaid taxes. The bankruptcy filing marks the second crisis for an agency that appeared to have made a financial comeback when it moved into the new Ovation Center in 2024.

At approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, large groups consisting of mostly juveniles began to gather in the downtown business district, mainly along the Washington Street corridor between Chicago and Van Buren avenues.

Damages to the Plainfield house total about $300,000.

The village of Romeoville shared the cost with the Forest Preserve District of Will County, and the village has now entrusted the forest preserve district with the property.

An investigation of a May 15 shooting in Joliet has led to two arrests thus far and one of the suspects showed up to a hospital with a gunshot wound but refused to cooperate with police, prosecutors said.

Here's a roundup of ceremonies and parades being held across Will County on Monday.

Dive right into summer at these Joliet area community pools and splash pads.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County has announced its program schedule for the weeks of May 18 and May 25. Registration is available online at reconnectwithnature.org.

The event is by appointment only. Passport agency specialists will be on hand to help walk you through the process and submit your materials.

Members of local police departments will be participating Friday in the annual “Cop on a Rooftop” fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Illinois beginning at 5 a.m.

The District 308 School Board has not made a decision yet on installing the panels. Board members are expected to continue to discuss the issue at future meetings.

A judge allowed the jail release of a Romeoville woman charged with recklessly firing a gun in the direction of another woman near a Joliet bar.

“It was just a magical moment, with that light and the bluebells. Something extra special," Michelle Wendling said of her award-winning photo taken at O’Hara Woods Preserve in Romeoville.

Search for spring wildflowers and learn the stories, uses and lore behind these fleeting blooms on a guided hike. Register by May 13.

The Lockport Township Fire Protection District was called to a house fire early Sunday morning.

The funding will allow Joliet Junior College to add more business advisors for one-on-one consultations and offer workshops and training to students and the public.

Fire crews battled a garage and barn fire in the 23700 block of 119th Street in an unincorporated area near Plainfield early Sunday morning.

The not-for-profit credit union also has full-service branch offices in Aurora, Batavia, Montgomery, Oswego and Yorkville, as well as a student-run branch in Oswego High School.

A judge found a Plainfield Township man guilty of the first-degree murder of a girlfriend who was brutally beaten to death in 2018 in Romeoville.

A Will County judge will decide May 5 on whether a Plainfield Township man is guilty of the 2018 first-degree murder of his girlfriend whom prosecutors said was brutally beaten to death in Romeoville.

Aisha Chavda won the Illinois Civics Bee last year. Now the seventh-grader from Timber Ridge Middle School is heading back to regionals on April 28 — this time as a defending champion.

The projects across the 14th Congressional District, which would come under federal Community Project Funding initiative, range from protecting clean drinking water to strengthening access to quality health care in rural communities to public transit systems.

George Hooper, 42, of Plainfield Township, is on trial on a charge of the July 23, 2018 first-degree murder of his girlfriend, Jennifer Underhill, 42, of Rochelle.

Valley View Community Unit School District saves program from disestablishment and team goes on to compete against nine elite national programs.

A Plainfield Township man is on trial for the 2018 first-degree murder of his girlfriend who died in a “brutal and devastatingly violent attack” in Romeoville, a prosecutor said. 

Volunteer registration for the Romeoville Repair Cafe is open on the JJC website through Saturday, April 11.

A Will County Board member was sentenced to court supervision in a computer tampering case but avoided trial when the key witness in a traffic case failed to show up for trial a second time.

The community with the greatest percentage of its population pleding to conserve water will receive a trophy at a future board meeting.

DuPage Township has announced it will break ground on its new food pantry facility on April 13 as demand for services continues to grow.

Restaurants that want to survive in 2026 need plenty of “creativity and adaptability,” according to the National Restaurant Association.

Kendall and Will counties are under a flood advisory until 6 p.m. Tuesday

Everclear will take the stage on Thursday, Aug. 6 at the Romeoville Toyota Pavilion to headline the first night of RomeoFest.

Joliet, Crest Hill, Shorewood, Romeoville, Minooka and Channahon on receiving end of 62 mile pipeline from Lake Michigan.

Work on Valley View Dental’s addition should be completed in September.

People turned out for No Kings protests in several locations across Will County on Saturday.

Organizers called the protest day “No Kings 3,″ in opposition to the Trump administration and multiple rallies were held across Will County including Joliet, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Lockport, Minooka and Shorewood.

Recycle old or unused bicycles through Forest Preserve District of Will County to benefit Working Bikes, which refurbishes and distributes bikes worldwide.

The event, which organizers are calling “No Kings 3,″ has multiple rallies planned across Will County including Joliet, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Lockport, Minooka and Shorewood.