Joliet Fire Department

A Wednesday night fire began in the basement of a Joliet residence when someone tried to thaw out frozen water pipes with a blow torch, according to the Joliet Fire Department.

The Joliet Fire Department responded to a structure fire Monday afternoon and were met with heavy black smoke coming from a two-story home.

The city of Joliet will host free workshops to help educate residents on ways they can better prepare for emergencies and disasters.

A Joliet man is hospitalized with serious but stable injuries after a crash involving three vehicles at Ruby and North Broadway streets Friday night.

Plainfield Township beta tested the Thriveworks program in 2023 and then increased its budget in 2024 for mental health services.

Joliet police responded to a traffic collision at 2:56 a.m. Sunday in the area of North Chicago and Benton streets that caused two people to be injured. Police said those involved in the crash may have been involved in an altercation on Saturday night.

A residential garage in Joliet sustained fire damage on Friday. No one was injured, according to the Joliet Fire Department.

A 31-year-old customer who inside of a Joliet McDonald’s was struck in the leg by a table and shattered glass after a vehicle plowed into the restaurant, police said.

A fire damaged a Joliet Township residence and caused minor injuries to two people who were there at the time of the incident.

A Dec. 31, 1948, Herald-News story that showed flames roaring through the roof of St. Stephen’s Hungarian Chapel at the corner of Collins Street at Irving Street and estimated the damage at $100,000.

One unit of a duplex home in Joliet suffered heavy fire, smoke and water damage Monday evening.

Joliet police responded to the Shell gas station at 401 S. Larkin Ave. in Joliet after a man called 911 saying someone was trying to kill him.

A Joliet man is in jail following a Christmas Eve domestic disturbance that resulted in a woman being shot in the leg, according to Joliet police.

Free mental health care is available in Will County. Here’s how to access some of those resources.

The Joliet Fire Department responded to a fire in the 1100 block of Anthram Avenue Sunday evening. No injuries were reported.

Joliet police are searching for the driver of silver sedan they say was involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Saturday night.

Joliet police, fire and public works vehicles escort Santa Claus through Joliet before he heads off to the North Pole on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2024.

The city of Joliet will give Santa Claus an official send-off to the North Pole on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.  

Joliet police officers and firefighters responded to the 10 block of Union Street Wednesday evening. Two attached residences were damaged.

No injuries were reported in a Joliet fire at an encampment where homeless people gather.

The Joliet fire and police departments hosted their second Active Threat and Mental Wellness conference for first responders to discuss the issues of responding to violence and combating mental health issues in the community and their own ranks.

The Joliet Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 800 block of Woods Avenue just past 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

The fire on Friday at BL Duke Scrap Metal Recycling Yard in Joliet is not hazardous to residents and no injuries have been reported, according to Joliet fire officials.

Joliet hospital holds second Barna Brain Breakfast to recognize achievements in neurologic treatment.

Joliet firefighters were at the scene of a fire in the 1300 block of North Broadway Street on Wednesday afternoon.

Joliet firefighters were at the scene of a fire in the 1300 block of North Broadway Street on Wednesday afternoon Oct. 30, 2024. The center is known as Greenway Plaza.

A Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle, operated by a 19-year-old Joliet man, collided into a Nissan Rogue driven by a 19-year-old Romeoville woman in Joliet Thursday evening, according to Joliet police.

The Joliet Fire Department donated three ambulances to two Chicago south suburbs to help offset the high costs of buying new vehicles as they try to rebuild their emergency medical services.

Joliet Township High School District 204 will host a community resource fair open to everyone from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Joliet Central High School.

Police looking for vehicle involved in a hit-and-run collision at 2:47 a.m. Sunday.

The victims were inside Eden’s Bar and Grill at 926 Gardner Ave. in Joliet at the time of the shooting.

A call came in to the Joliet Fire Department at 11:49 p.m. Sunday to a structure fire the 500 block of Strong Avenue.

Joliet firefighters arrived at the scene in the 1500 block of Prairie Avenue and saw heavy smoke coming from a single-story residence on Wednesday evening, according to the Joliet Fire Department.

Joliet fire Battalion Chief Jim Blake honored in a tribute that also marked the Sept. 11 deeds of firefighters.

Damaged remainder of building at 927 Collins St. torn down after being rendered unstable in devastating blaze.

The fire was contained to the garage, which has approximately $50,000 in damage, officials said.

The Joliet Communications Center received calls on Aug. 12 of two people who had fallen into the river near Bicentennial Park, 201 W. Jefferson St. Residents on the scene assisted in the rescue, according to Joliet police.

An Oswego motorcycle operator has been hospitalized for life-threatening injuries following a crash in Joliet, police said. It is the second major crash involving a motorcycle since Thursday.

Violeta Lara, 18, was pronounced dead on Saturday afternoon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago where she had been hospitalized for her injuries from an Aug. 4 accident.

Pace hosted a family-friendly event in Joliet following the dedication of its bus terminal to former State Senator Larry Walsh.

The Joliet fire crews arrived at the scene at about 12:19 a.m. and saw heavy fire coming from the front of a two-story townhouse.

Joliet's fire chief urged caution with using portable generators during power outages. A household of 12 people in the city had been hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.

A Joliet man has been accused of igniting a fire on Feb. 19 at a motel that caused a 45-year-old man to suffer burns to his legs and right hand, police said.

Paramedics treated a resident who came out of a smoky house on Ohio Street in Joliet on Friday.

The body was identified Tuesday evening as Chicago pastor Warren Beard, 53, who was was last seen July 2 in Joliet, Will County Coroner Laurie Summers said.

Joliet's fire chief outlined how the department has been educating the community and engaging in programs to address the root causes of behavioral and mental health issues in the city.

A body found at the old U.S. Steel property in Joliet has been identified as Warren Baker, 44, of Joliet. Baker had been reported missing in May.

Joliet’s fire chief said the increasing amount of synthetic materials in homes cause the fires "to burn hotter and faster than ever before."

Michael R. VanOver, deputy chief coroner at the Will County Coroner’s Office, said in a news release on Sunday that Hargis died at 9:15 a.m. of “probable natural causes.”

Residents who can’t attend the forum can view the forum on YouTube by visiting youtube.com/@JolietTV/streams.