Felix Sarver

Jury selection is expected to take place on Monday for the hate crime murder trial of a former Plainfield Township landlord after a judge allowed the admission of his statements to a sheriff’s deputy.

The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees approved a resolution declaring they have lost confidence in a trustee who’s accused of violating the board’s code of conduct.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Joliet mayor against two former police officials and others that alleged he was the victim of an alleged conspiracy in 2020 to subject him to criminal charges. 

The Will County Clerk said the county’s attorneys plan to appeal a judge’s decision to allow Joliet City Council member Cesar Guerrero on the ballot for the April 1 election for Joliet Township.

A Will County sheriff’s lieutenant’s fatal shooting of a hostage taker could have been the result of an involuntary trigger pull, according to a firearm expert’s analysis. 

A patient at a New Lenox hospital allegedly hijacked a vehicle on Tuesday while still wearing a gown and took the vehicle to his Lockport residence, police said.

No one was injured in a fire that damaged a residence on Elizabeth Street in Joliet but the building sustained smoke and water damage. 

A sensory playground in Plainfield has been dedicated to the memory of a Muslim child who was stabbed to death in 2023 in Plainfield Township.

A private investigator contracted by a Chicago law firm will handle the internal affairs investigation of a Will County sheriff’s lieutenant fatal shooting of a hostage taker.

Defense attorneys once again seek to have a neuropsychologist evaluate a former Bolingbrook police sergeant who wants his murder conviction vacated.

A second suspect has been apprehended in the investigation of a Jan. 18 shooting on Youngs Avenue in Joliet. He’s also charged with shooting on Girard Boulevard.

A case accusing the former lawyer of convicted killer Drew Peterson of violating a judge’s gag order will face further delays because of his new appeal to a higher court.

A second judge has found fault with a Will County sheriff’s deputy search of a vehicle that led to the 2022 arrest of a Joliet man on a felony gun possession charge.

A closed-door hearing was held at Joliet City Hall regarding a police chief’s recommendation to fire an officer facing three lawsuits over a 2024 pursuit that led to a crash. 

A judge ruled a Will County sheriff’s deputy conducted an unlawful search of a vehicle that led to the arrest of a Lockport Township man on felony gun possession charges.