Plainfield

Plainfield Village President John F. Argoudelis and Crest Hill Mayor Raymond Soliman each won another term based on the unofficial results from Tuesday’s election.

Voters this week in Kendall County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

Voters this week in Will County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

Open mics are a great way to see new comedians or try your hand at making people laugh.

This spring, Will County voters will get to decide who will represent them on their town, school, park and township boards, as well as weigh in on local referendum questions.

This spring, Kendall County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

A Joliet man was accidentally shot in the foot while an acquaintance was cleaning a gun, police said. 

A Plainfield resident is in stable condition after suffering injuries from smoke inhalation and burns in an accidental fire that damaged a garage.

John Underwood, 53, of Plainfield, has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault allegedly dating back to 2004. A judge ordered him to remain in jail under the SAFE-T Act.

Escape rooms are perfect for date nights, family outings, team building adventures and more. Check out this list of locations across northern Illinois.

Here are a dozen fish fries you can try in Will County this Lenten season.

Emergency crews in Will County held drills at Joliet West High School to practice and evaluate their response to a gas explosion incident Monday through Wednesday, March 24-26, 2025.

A Joliet man allegedly fired off gunshots at a family party that left three people wounded following an argument with a man who disparaged his leather pants, prosecutors said.

The Plainfield Fire Protection District responded to a fire at a vacant restaurant in the 24500 block of Lockport Street on Monday.

Meteorologists tell how forecasting has changed since unpredicted Plainfield tornado of 1990 killed 29 people.

Fire crews responded to a house fire in Plainfield on Monday and saw flames coming from the roof of the garage of a two-story residence.

Meteorologists from the National Weather Service station in Romeoville joined with Will County emergency responders in Plainfield at a workshop to discuss advances in forecasting and disaster preparedness on Saturday, March, 22, 2025.

Early and mail-in voting has begun for the Tuesday, April 1 election in Will County. Here is everything you need to know.

Will County Board votes 12-10 to approve quarry plan that faced opposition from two villages, a school district, and hundreds of residents.

A new marijuana dispensary has become the first to open its doors in Woodstock.

The contractor working on the 143rd Street East Extension in Plainfield has scheduled overnight work on Thursday and Friday along Illinois Route 59.

The Will County Board on Thursday approved expansion of a quarry that faced opposition from the villages of Plainfield and Bolingbrook along with dozens of residents who showed up at the meeting to try to stop it.

The Will County Emergency Management Agency's public workshop on Saturday will cover severe weather, disasters, fraud and 1990 Plainfield tornado.

Tracy Chapman of Shorewood has been named incoming executive director by the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Board of Commissioners. 

A Plainfield man is facing an aggravated battery charge of the 2-year-old child that is punishable by 6 to 30 years in prison.

Up for reelection in April, Plainfield Mayor John Argoudelis told a packed audience at the state of the village address commercial, industrial and residential growth is reaching new heights.

When a Plainfield man became angry his girlfriend’s 2-year-old child had thrown a cellphone at him, he allegedly struck the child, which caused her to suffer a fractured skull and brain bleed, police said.

The Plainfield District 202 Board of Education approved the new contract during a special meeting on Tuesday,

Skits’n’Giggles will offer an evening of improve comedy on Tuesday at Chop’d, located at 12337 Route 59, #155 in Plainfield.

The 2025 Paddy Day Mile Run & the Plainfield Hometown Irish Parade will take place Sunday in downtown Plainfield.

Check out these fish fries happening across Will County this Lenten season.

The Making Dreams Pawsible Gala will be begin 5 p.m. at Harrah’s Joliet 151 N. Joliet St. in downtown Joliet to raise funds for K9s for Veterans.

An accidental fire destroyed a garage at a residence behind the 7-Eleven store in an unincorporated area in the far west side of Joliet. 

Joliet area businesses in the news the week of March 3-March 10, 2025.

The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago has named two Plainfield residents to be among its 2025 class of heroes. The two will be honored at an event in Chicago in April.

Test your knowledge at one of these northern Illinois bar trivia nights.

Two Plainfield School District middle school Special Olympic basketball teams will compete in the state championship games this weekend.

From Romeoville to Pontiac and everything in between, you’ll be surprised at all the hidden gems you discover during your wine-sampling excursion along Route 66.

District 202 in Plainfield's new schedule will provide more equity in offerings across all four high schools additional opportunities to prepare for college and careers, more academic support for students and increased collaborative planning time for teachers.

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.

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.

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 Council on American Islamic Relations said they are hopeful for a conviction in the Joseph Czuba hate crime case, as the trial went to jury selection on Monday.

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.

Joseph Czuba goes on trial this week in Will County for the 2023 stabbing death of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi of Plainfield Township and the stabbing attack on the boy's mother.

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.

Following a four-month long investigation, a Plainfield man has been arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse images.