A residence in Channahon that sold for $645,000 nears the top of the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Grundy County over the past week.

One person suffered life-threatening injuries, and two others suffered serious injuries that were not life threatening in a five-vehicle traffic crash on Tuesday in Kendall County.

A majority on the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees approved censuring a trustee for what they deemed violations of board policy when she spoke at a Joliet City Council meeting.

Four Grundy Area Vocational Center students will get a head start on their post-high school careers, having signed on to work for local contractors as part of Carpenters Local 174's partnership with the GAVC.

The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees will consider approving three censures against a trustee for her comments at a Joliet City Council meeting.

A single-family home in Minooka that sold for $496,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Grundy County over the past week.

Morris Community High School's varsity Hydrogen Car Team is advancing to the 2026 World Finals in June, which will have them traveling all the way to Switzerland.

Illinois Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who use their love and talents for gardening to share with others.Registration for the program ends Monday.

We Care of Grundy County has been the place to turn to for those in need in Grundy County since 1979, but it got its start as a phone tree.

When Wendy Briley’s husband, Ken, became the Grundy County Sheriff in 2019, she looked around and realized the county didn’t have a Shop with a Cop program.

Jeff Vogen has been announcing sporting events at Morris Community High School for more than 20 years

A group of Gardner South-Wilmington Students began the Student Assistance Fund in 2017, a fund available to those in need that's been kept up ever since.

It's been a little over a year since the Grundy Eunoia Wellness Center opened in Mazon, and they have been kept busy.

Angela Roudis, a sixth-to eighth-grade teacher in the Cross-Categorical program at Coal City Middle School, said she’s worked with Gina Pens the last four years and called her “an amazing person who always puts others before herself.”

Here are the IHSA postseason schedules for baseball teams across the greater Joliet/Plainfield/Morris area.

As of Jan. 1, 2028, it will be illegal to sell the invasive Bradford pear tree – also known as the Callery pear – in Illinois.

A Will County judge allowed the jail release of a witness against a Lockport man charged with indecent solicitation of a child after his attorney said his absence from court was an “honest mistake.”

Young Philanthropist groups, made up of students from Morris Community High School, Coal City, Gardner South Wilmington and Seneca high schools, gathered with local non-profits on Monday to dole out $20,000 total in grant funding.

The repairs are anticipated to be completed and the lane reopened by 5 a.m. Tuesday, weather permitting, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.

Inspections on both bridges are expected to be completed by May 23, weather permitting, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.

A single-family home in Minooka that sold for $405,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Grundy County over the past week.

The Coal City Middle School band will bring an original story of an underwater village to musical life during its concert on Thursday. Annabelle, 9, Beedle, and her sister Abigail Beedle, 5, who both have a rare incurable condition, created the story.

Libraries in Grundy County, including Morris, Coal City, Braidwood, Channahon and Minooka, will have perennial seed packets available that will grow into pollinator flowers native to the region for Mother's Day.

Kaity Siegel, manager of Siegel's Cottonwood Farm in Lockport, said the decision to close the garden center wasn’t quick or easy.

Four soon-to-retire Minooka Community High School retirees were recognized recently for their collective contributions to District 111.

From packed tour buses to rising conversion numbers, clergy across Illinois say the first American-born pope is energizing Catholics one year after his election

Morris Community High School celebrated the groundbreaking on its new $67 million addition on Wednesday.

The Grundy Area Vocational Center announced during its awards ceremony in Coal City on Wednesday that nine students will be graduating from high school directly into their new careers.

Here are the IHSA postseason schedules for softball teams across the greater Joliet/Plainfield/Morris area.

In the hopes of staying current with the evolving technology, Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 officials have outlined plans for a so-called artificial intelligence “playbook” that will be available to teachers in the upcoming school year.

The closures are necessary to safely install steel beams on the I-80 bridge over Interstate 55, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.

As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we looked back at four front pages from May 4

The National Weather Service has issued a blowing dust advisory beginning at 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday for most of Illinois along Interstate 80 and south, along with patchy blowing dust west of the Fox River

A single-family home in Morris that sold for $925,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Grundy County during the past week.

The Grundy Area Vocational Center and Morris Fire Protection District are teaming up to create a pathway for new firefighters directly from high school.

Grundy Area Vocational Center students and their families packed into the Coal City High School auditorium Wednesday for the announcement of the award winners for the 2025-26 school year.

The Grundy Area Vocational Center honored the students who received monthly awards throughout the 2025-26 school year.

The Minooka QuikTrip features QT Kitchens, which offers a wide selection of grab-and-go items and made-to-order items.

These Grundy Area Vocational Center students went the entire school year without missing a class.

Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois delivers more than 1.1 million meals annually to older adults across suburban Cook, Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, the organization said.

Strong to severe storms are expected across northern Illinois on Monday, with the greatest risk for damaging winds and hail arriving late afternoon into the evening

Equinix, a data center company, has donated land north of Interstate 80 to the Minooka Fire Protection District to build a new fire station.

The two statewide volunteer programs, run through the University of Illinois Extension, train residents to grow food, support pollinators, and protect natural resources.

Eleven area schools competed in the Manteno Track Invite on Friday, April 24, 2026.

Both villages look toward a Winnebago County case that sided with local control over solar projects. The Will County Board last week was forced by court order to approve six local solar projects.

The Morris Community High School Theatre program, along with many younger students, will begin performing “The Little Mermaid” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, with performances through the weekend.

The Illinois State Board of Elections released final vote totals Friday in the March 17 primary. Here are the results for Grundy County races.

As Shaw Media celebrates its 175th anniversary, we looked back at four front pages from April 20. These archives serve as a time capsule, capturing everything from the tension of the World Wars to tragic domestic milestones that shook the nation and our local communities

Minooka Village President Ric Offerman said during his State of the Village address that the village has reached a settlement with Canadian National in its lawsuit to keep semis off some of its main roads.

A single-family home in Morris that sold for $758,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Grundy County over the past week.