Joliet Township

Joliet resident Antonio Ross has been charged with cruelty to animals after one dead dog and another in poor health were discovered in his back yard.

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.

A Will County judge will not allow a Joliet man charged with a gang-fueled 2021 mass shooting on Halloween to use cash bail to secure his pretrial release from jail.

Joliet Township defeated Lemont in a girls swimming dual Thursday.

Will County prosecutors requested a warrant for the arrest of a former Joliet Township official when he didn't show up to court on Tuesday. The judge continued the case to Oct. 22 for warrant application.

A 34-year-old woman was shot in the back about two weeks ago in Joliet Township and potential witnesses refused to speak with deputies investigating the incident, police said.

Gregory A. McCallum, 65, was pronounced deceased at 3:53 a.m. Monday at the Brandon Road Quarry located in the 1400 Block of Brandon Road in Joliet Township, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.

David A. Grijalva, 23, of Joliet was arrested Thursday in Channahon by the Will County sheriff’s police and the United States Marshals Service and charged in connection with the 2021 mass shooting at a Halloween party in Joliet Township.

Joliet Township sends three golfers to sectionals and more local action to keep an eye on for next week.

The International Day of Peace Celebration & Peace Walk in Joliet featured speeches, tables with informational literatures and a walk showing attendees’ commitment to peace.

The Joliet Township Government's Community Violence Intervention and the Nonviolent Cities Project—Joliet will host a reception and walk on September 21 to commemorate International Peace Day.

Joliet Township Government Deputy Clerk Estefany Bonilla has been named as the new Township Clerk.

The new bridge on Sugar Creek Road in Joliet provides a smoother pathway for both motorists and walkers, officials and residents said. The bridge replaces a structure built in 1980.

Defense attorneys in a case linked to a Joliet shooting spree are awaiting "enormous" discovery from multiple states. A Joliet police spokesman said their investigation of the shooting is finished but motive "still unclear."

The girls golf season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Joliet Herald-News coverage area.

The 2024 boys golf season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Herald-News coverage area.

Concerns over truck traffic rumbling through residential sections of the Joliet area was raised once again by people attending an open house unveiling various plans for the Cherry Hill-Mills road corridor.

Public hearing Wednesday at Joliet Junior College for plan to cap decades of coal waste in Lincoln Stone Quarry.

Joliet Township Government will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Thursday, Aug. 1.

Jayden Velazquez-Garcia, 19, of Plainfield, was identified as the man who died from the shooting on Wednesday, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.

Although Angel Contreras was a no-show at what would’ve been his final meeting with Joliet Township, he nevertheless received praise from several colleagues, including his successor on the township board.

Angel Contreras will provide free assistance to Joliet Township after he resigns and the township will consider "all options, including potentially hiring Angel as an employee or consultant,” the township’s attorney said.

A special meeting will be held next Tuesday to accept the formal resignation of Joliet Township Supervisor Angel Contreras, who pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI and aggravated driving while license revoked.

An event in Joliet called A Day Of Healing will take place June 29. The event aims to provide healing for victims of gun violence and bring communities together.

The Joliet Township board approved the purchase of the Forest Park Community Center and its surrounding properties for $413,000 to accommodate the growth in staff and services.

The driver of a semitrailer pulling a fuel tanker has been charged with driving drunk in a Joliet Township crash that left a woman and two children with severe injuries.

Prosecutors alleged a possible gang connection in their case against Shorewood man charged with two shootings on the day of a killing spree in Joliet that led to eight deaths.

A Shorewood man is facing charges linked to a mass shooting of nine victims last January in Joliet that authorities say was committed by another man who died by suicide in Texas.

A 2014 vehicle driven by Angelo Lujano-Pagliuca, 25, left the roadway and struck a tree, police said. Troopers responded to the incident about 2 a.m. on Sunday.

The executive director for Sharefest Will County said 47 pallets of food weighing 42,000 pounds were given away on Saturday to help feed 1,842 people from 534 families. He said 70 volunteers assisted in the three-hour event.

A man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse was denied jail release by a new judge assigned to the case. The judge ruled the man posed a flight risk after he was previously convicted in 2022.

A new detention hearing was held for a man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. A retired judge was found to have failed to follow requirements under a provision of the SAFE-T Act.

Prosecutors are requesting a new pretrial release hearing for a man charged with killing a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. Prosecutors contend a judge refused to follow a provision of the SAFE-T Act when allowing the man's jail release.

A Will County judge ordered the jail release of a man charged with a 2017 murder at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse but he suspended his court order to give prosecutors time to appeal his decision.

Judge Dave Carlson will decide Monday whether Jeremy Boshears should be released from jail ahead of a second murder trial.

Man hit in stomach said he was having affair with shooter's wife, according to police.

Samuel J. Martin, 20, of Joliet Township killed in multi-vehicle accident Thursday night.

Will County sheriff's deputies saw multiple bullet holes on the side of a residence on Algonquin Street in Joliet Township.

The pole outside the Ozzie and Peggy Mitchell Center in Joliet is a "symbol of the peace that I believe all people need but few people seem to want to work for," said Bishop Steven Evans.

Police are investigating a shooting in the 200 block of Luana Road in Joliet Township. No reports of injuries in the shooting.

Will County prosecutors argue a Coal City man can still undergo a second trial for the 2017 murder of a woman at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse. The man is trying to get the case dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.

Occupants of two vehicles were apparently firing gunshots at each other in broad daylight in Joliet in an incident that is similar to a deadly shooting four years ago on the same road.

Deshawn Green, 37, of Joliet, was pronounced dead on Monday the Brandon Road Lock and Dam.

After a Will County judge granted a new trial for a man charged with a 2017 murder at the Joliet Outlaws' clubhouse, the man is now seeking his release from jail under the SAFE-T Act.

A Joliet man has been charged with the first-degree murder of a man and wounding another man in a shooting that was reported on Feb. 8 in Lockport Township.

Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced on Tuesday that Elijah Watson was convicted on charges of first degree murder in the death of Nathan Ballard.

After five years, the second case against a man charged with a 2018 murder in Joliet Township may come to close on Tuesday at the Will County Courthouse.

The brother of a man who was killed in a Joliet Township shooting testified that he held him as he died. After more than five years, the trial began this week for the man charged with the killing.

A defense attorney in the Joliet Outlaws murder case claims the indictment against his client should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds. The motion was filed after a judge had granted his client a new trial.

A Will County judge determined that a man charged with a 2018 Joliet Township murder was trying to delay his trial and "thwart the administration of justice."