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An appellate court has vacated the vehicular hijacking and armed robbery convictions in a case that was touted by the Will County state’s attorney as an example of “effective prosecution” in contrast to Cook County. A new trial was ordered.

The “unimaginable loss” of a Joliet family who were killed in a mass shooting one year ago continues to be “felt deeply within our department and across our community,” said Joliet’s police chief.

A Lockport woman who partially blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for her role in the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot is among five people from Will County who’ve been pardoned for their crimes.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities.

Pilsen Wellness Center wants to open at 971 Collins St., in Joliet, a site once part of the surrounding U.S. Steel complex.

The operation will be concentrated in the Chicago area, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because plans have not been made public. Arrests are expected all week.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to nine years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged with possessing multiple drugs at a Crystal Lake motel last year.

Amid a $770 million budget gap facing Metra, Pace and the CTA, and a proposal to merge the three into a supersized agency, Regional Transportation Authority leaders have issued their own transit rescue plan.

The Tony Award-winning show reaps bushels of laughs.

Heritage Corridor Destinations held an open house on Jan. 8 for its new office at 701 Essington Road, Suite 100 in Joliet. Attendees at the open house included business partners, community leaders and stakeholders.

The family of a slain Lockport woman and her child called a Crestwood man who was sentenced to life in prison a "monster" who "took two beautiful lives" in 2020. He maintains he is innocent of the crimes.

State seizes an estimated $1 million in cash and property in 2022 drug bust and money laundering case

A Manhattan couple facing charges of pandemic relief fraud and other charges have filed a federal lawsuit claiming Will County authorities and the U.S. Secret Service are targeting citizens like them with “frivolous” civil forfeiture cases to line their pockets.

Marengo is along the proposed Rockford line. Officials want a stop.

A Will County judge allowed for the conditional jail release of a Homer Glen couple charged with a felony offense linked to their 2-year-old child’s suspected drug overdose death.

A defense attorney has renewed his bid for the jail release of a Shorewood man facing charges tied to a deadly shooting spree carried out by a Joliet man who later died by suicide in a confrontation with police.

The Chicago regional public transportation system is facing a fiscal cliff without new funding. Where does McHenry County fit into the funding picture?

A Lockport Heights woman has filed a lawsuit against a man charged with attempting to murder her and and committing a hate crime against her.

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The Crystal Lake Historic Preservation Commission wants to submit the downtown train depot to the National Register of Historic Places.

A Will County judge will decide the sentence of a Chicago man convicted of a Joliet robbery and murder of a Crest Hill man. He faces up to 120 years in prison for the $850 robbery that led to the victim's death.

Maui police are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui

The Chicago Bears ran their losing streak to nine games Sunday with a 34-17 loss to the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Alejandro Lopez, 22, is being held in Cook County jail on three counts of burglary in connection to a series of burglaries in Joliet.

An accomplice in a robbery described feeling “scared and shocked” in 2019 after their “target” was shot in the head and left lying in the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant in Joliet during testimony in a Will County courtroom on Wednesday.

Joliet Police Department’s inability to hold itself accountable led one officer to report that other officers knew misconduct like domestic violence and drug use “will not cost them their jobs,” according to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

IBM, the tech giant known for revolutionizing computing over the past 70 years, is setting up shop on Chicago’s South Side to develop what could be the field’s next big leap: quantum technology.

A scammer persuaded a New Lenox man to deposit $15,140 into a bitcoin machine by claiming he had been issued a warrant for missing jury duty.

A DeKalb 14-year-old faces felony charges in Chicago after police said he and others hijacked multiple vehicles and robbed several victims over the summer. The teen was arrested while at DeKalb High School Tuesday, confirmed a District 428 spokesperson.

A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor assault charge.

An internal affairs investigation has still not begun over a Will County sheriff lieutenant’s fatal shooting of a bank hostage taker in 2022.

A Chicago man has been arrested on a charge of recklessly firing a gun in a Oct. 3 shooting that damaged a vehicle in Joliet.

Shorewood police officers have arrested a man who is accused of stalking a 16-year-old girl and her mother outside Mariano’s grocery store.

A Chicago man has rejected a plea offer on the eve of his trial in the Joliet Denny’s murder case and could face up to 120 years if convicted, prosecutors said.

This touring production is funny, sweet and deserving of a longer run.

Pace buses every 20 minutes? Pace buses in every town? Or a hybrid system? It’s in your hands, officials say.

Realtopia Real Estate Inc. in Lockport recently raised $2,824 for Honor Flight Chicago.

Chicago Lab Grown Diamonds & Jewelry recently opened at 301 Vertin Blvd. in Shorewood.

A frustrated Will County judge warned a former attorney for convicted ex-Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson that he will face a new contempt case if he continued to interrupt and talk over her.

Bart Beals represents clients in Kankakee County court as well as U.S. District Court

A Harvey man convicted of a 2019 shooting was not placed on house arrest when he was allowed jail release in Will County, just weeks before he was charged with killing a Chicago police officer, according to court records and prosecutors.

A Chicago man is accused of trying to use counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases in three Crystal Lake businesses; at Chick-Fil-A, the Vitamin Shoppe and Jewel-Osco.

A Will County judge ruled a Chicago man charged with a fatal I-80 shooting should remain locked up under the SAFE-T Act. A prosecutor said the victim was shot nine times in the road rage incident.

For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a proposed real estate development in the alderman’s ward.

A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a federal program designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he received an unexpected voicemail from powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied to Chicago police

A McHenry County judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a man accused of posing as a black car driver, driving a woman from an airport to McHenry and then refusing to let her out of the car her until she gave him $1,400.

A man accused of sexually assaulting a child over multiple years in Marengo pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Nearly 4.1 million Illinoisans will be hurtling down the highway or charging into the airport between Nov. 26 and Dec. 2 — an increase of 63,275 from last year, AAA reports.