Felix Sarver

A member of the Will County Sheriff’s Office was “taken in for questioning” by agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to the sheriff’s office.

Emergency crews in Will County held drills at Joliet West High School to practice and evaluate their response to a gas explosion incident Monday through Wednesday, March 24-26, 2025.

Joliet Junior College’s president reported he’s been subjected to harassing behavior from two members of the Board of Trustees and the hostility of one of those trustees caused him to feel unsafe.

A Joliet man allegedly fired off gunshots at a family party that left three people wounded following an argument with a man who disparaged his leather pants, prosecutors said.

A Mokena resident won back more than $100,000 that was lost in an overseas cryptocurrency scam thanks to a Mokena police detective and Will County prosecutors.

A major bust in Lockport has led to 16 felony charges filed against man accused of possessing cocaine, methamphetamine and AR-15 rifles, one of which is a “ghost” or unserialized version of the rifle, records show.

A 20-year-old man in Joliet is expected to survive a shooting that left him with three gunshot wounds, police said.

The City of Joliet has agreed to pay a Joliet police officer $287,000 in exchange for her dropping what remains of a lawsuit that claimed a detective intentionally accessed a nude photo on her cellphone.

A reckless homicide charge has been filed in Will County against a Tesla driver over a Feb. 5 crash that claimed the lives of Sameer Gowani, 36, and Quincy Benbow, 33.

After losing the case in federal court, former Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk is pursuing his conspiracy lawsuit case in Will County against six people he blames for his 2023 election loss.

A Harvey man sat impassively as a Will County judge told him on Wednesday that she found him guilty of the 2020 murder of Charles Baird, 19, in New Lenox.

A Plainfield man is facing an aggravated battery charge of the 2-year-old child that is punishable by 6 to 30 years in prison.

A Joliet man was identified as the suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Dec. 14. An Aurora woman was also arrested after she was accused of falsely reporting the suspect vehicle as stolen.

A Frankfort man has been arrested on an indecent solicitation of a child charge following a sting operation by Predator Poachers Southeast Texas, court records show. 

A 6-year-old child in Joliet was driving an child-sized ATV with an 8-year-old passenger when the “ATV lost control and struck a tree,” police said. investigation indicates parents aware children operated ATV.