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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.

The Jerry E. Lewis Memorial Scholarship would provide financial assistance to Illinois high school seniors who plan to major in music at the college level.

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.

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.

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.

Sylvia Klosowski's family gathered around her at Alden Terrace of McHenry to celebrate the McHenry woman's 108th birthday.

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. 

Attorneys for Joliet said former Mayor Bob O’Dekirk’s federal lawsuit made frivolous legal arguments and sought to “hijack the busy federal courts for an improper purpose, such as to harass.”

A defense attorney contends Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s Office has no authority to prosecute a Republican political consultant accused of sending obscene messages to a Democratic state lawmaker.

Two separate reform proposals for public transit got an airing Tuesday during a Senate Transportation Committee hearing that produced pointed questions.

A Harvey man who was charged at 16 with the 2020 New Lenox murder of Charles "Charlie" Baird, 19, has allowed a Will County judge to decide his fate. His trial began Tuesday.

A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit case against a Will County SWAT sniper who fatally shot a hostage taker after he surrendered to the police in 2022.

“We know there are myths about these laws. But we must not let mischaracterizations and fearmongering obscure the reality that Chicago’s crime rates are trending down,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told the committee

A former Joliet nursing home resident died from high blood pressure and diabetes before the conclusion of a case accusing him of battering a fellow resident who died in 2023.

The theme of the panel at the event in Joliet is “Take Control of Your Health” and panelists will discuss women’s wellness, perimenopause/menopause, aging and mental health,

A Will County jury found a former landlord guilty of the 2023 Plainfield Township hate crime murder of a 6-year-old Muslim child and the attempted murder of the child’s mother. A sentencing hearing is slated for May 2.

Advocates of the family of a Muslim child who was killed in 2023 in Plainfield Township say the convicted killer was radicalized by unfounded and dehumanizing claims about Palestinians in media coverage of the Gaza war.

Public transportation reform in the Chicago area is at the top of state lawmakers’ to-do list this spring, but exactly what that reform will look like remains unclear

A former Plainfield Township landlord charged with killing a child by stabbing him 26 times and attempting to kill his mother based on their Islamic faith decided not testify at his trial on Thursday.

A Crete man has been charged in Will County court with threatening to shoot Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker in the face.

The ex-wife of a former Plainfield Township landlord on trial for the hate crimes murder of a Muslim child said he was withdrawn, quiet and fearful that his tenant’s friends would harm him in the wake of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

A Muslim woman from Jerusalem testified in Will County court Tuesday about how her landlord attacked her and killed her 6-year-old son in what prosecutors called an anti-Muslim hate crime.

The mother of a child killed in what Will County prosecutors called an anti-Muslim hate crime spoke with FBI agents about the incident but federal officials are still not saying much about the investigation. 

The Harold Pinter drama is drawing well-deserved crowds to catch the starry cast.

Opening statements are expected to begin Tuesday for the trial of a former Plainfield Township landlord who stands charged with the 2023 killing of a 6-year-old boy based on his Islamic beliefs.

Abbbot Hays, 27, of Chicago; Erick “Iggy” Ignaczak, 44, of Berwyn; Harsha Pandaraboyina, 23, of Crest Hill; and Emily Harvey, 35, of Manhattan, feel they lost their jobs as part of under President Donald Trump’s decision to slash federal spending.

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.

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. 

A registered child sex offender solicited a child through Snapchat to send him “indecent” images, Lake in the Hills police and prosecutors said.

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.

McHenry County-area businesses face great unknowns over the potential impact of new tariffs.

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.

With the TRUST Act in place statewide, non-sanctuary resolutions in Grundy County and throughout the state have little legal power, even in the wake of Trump’s changes to federal immigration policy

Eclectic entertainment and attractions spice the Valentine's Day weekend across the suburbs.

The Joliet area was blanketed by gentle but abundant snow showers on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, throughout the city.

Suburban Democratic members of Congress significantly outspent their Republican rivals en route to victories in the November election – but one was the runaway leader when it came to shelling out campaign cash.

Attorneys for a former Joliet Township official claims Will County prosecutors broke the law when presenting evidence to a grand jury that led to pandemic relief fraud charges.

For the second legislative session in a row, state Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago, is pushing to ban several chemicals from Illinois food items.

The Trump administration sued Chicago and the state of Illinois on Thursday alleging that ‘sanctuary’ laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” federal efforts to enforce immigration laws

In the days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Illinois attorney Marleen Suarez has received a flood of clients asking her to prepare paperwork to turn their children to friends, family, or even strangers, if they are deported.

The Joliet Fire Department will receive a national award that recognizes its community mental health program that has provided rapid care to more than 2,000 residents since 2022.

A Joliet grocery store and several restaurants were closed for one day as part of a nationwide protest in solidarity with immigrants in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

An 18-year-old Chicago man was arrested Wednesday after he was charged in the theft of an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio from a Crystal Lake dealership last year.

With prescription drug costs soaring, Illinois lawmakers announced legislation this week reviving efforts to create a prescription drug affordability board with the goal of capping the growing cost of medication.

Local authorities confirmed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was in Crystal Lake Tuesday, but what they were investigating and other details are unknown.

It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing checkers, the longtime Democratic powerbroker was playing chess.

When shortform video platform TikTok shut down service earlier this month, the move surprised some Illinois politicians who use the app to educate, reach constituents and follow trends.

Illinois lawmakers kicked off their spring legislative session roughly three weeks ago, but lawmakers in the House have already filed more than 1,800 bills that could be acted on before the General Assembly adjourns in May.