Will County

A former Joliet city employee claims in a lawsuit that a former city manager and two others fired her in 2022 in retaliation for exercising her rights under the Family Medical Leave Act.

A Joliet police investigation has led to the suspension of a ministry of a priest from a Canadian Catholic society but officials have not revealed the exact circumstances that prompted the investigation.

Garbage, recycling, and yard waste pickup in Joliet will be pushed back one day this week for those with normal pickup on Thursday and Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

A sting operation by a vigilante group and an investigation by the Wilmington Police Department has led a solicitation to meet a child charge against a Coal City man.

A Homer Glen business owner who makes $555,000 a year is asking a judge to let him out of jail in a case where he’s charged with endangering a child who died from a suspected drug overdose inside a “million-dollar home.”

A Will County judge granted the pretrial release of a Plainfield Township man accused of pistol whipping a woman and barricading himself in an incident that drew a major police response.

Metra is offering special one-day passes allowing unlimited travel for $7 on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, and Black Friday, Nov. 29.

A developer wants to build Vista Ridge, the largest subdivision on the far west side of Joliet in 20 years, and is putting some pressure on the city to approve its plan in December.

Southern Will County residents are trying to stop 3,600 acre solar energy complex.

On Thursday, while Queen of Apostles Catholic Parish in Joliet hosted a relic of St. Jude for public veneration, “an incident with the priest and some students was reported to have happened” at Queen of Apostles, according to a news release from the Diocese of Joliet.

Joliet Mayor D'Arcy holds off on denial of liquor license for BP station near Houbolt Road.

Monday will be the last day of operations for the Illinois Secretary of State's office in Lockport.

Will County property transfers from Jan. 11 to Oct. 26, 2024.

The need for assistance has continued to rise in Will County since the COVID-19 pandemic. And that need is highest among families working one or more jobs.

The Will County Forest Preserve District approved its 2025 budget, including a reduction of property taxes by 27% while still funding capital improvements.

Detectives identified Victor Sessoms as the suspect responsible for stealing three 12-foot lighted Christmas reindeer decorations from the loading dock of Slammers Stadium in Joliet on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12.

Devin Nier, 42, was arrested on Friday and charged with aggravated battery, and domestic battery, after barricading himself inside a home in unincorporated Plainfield Township Friday morning.

Plainfield North didn't make a field goal in the second quarter and yet it was the team hoisting the WJOL Championship plaque at the end of the day.

Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of Dec. 2. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org.

Dario Mercato in Plainfield serves Roman-style pizza by the slice or full sheet, according to its website. Roman-style pizza is a rectangular style of pizza that originated in Rome, Italy.

A nearly $2 million grant to Joliet Junior College, including $850,000 dedicated to scholarships, will allow the school to open a new Honors College program in 2025.

City staff has proposed raising local fuel taxes in Joliet to 5 cents a gallon for gasoline and 11 cents a gallon on diesel fuel next year.

A man is in custody after keeping himself barricaded inside his Plainfield Township home for about two hours on Friday. Joliet, Plainfield and Will County police responded after getting a 911 call from a woman inside the home.

A Joliet woman is charged with battery after boarding a school bus and allegedly getting into an altercation with a child on the bus

Following almost a year of legal battles and fierce public opposition from many customers, water utility Aqua Illinois is set to raise its rates in 2025, impacting water customers in 14 northern Illinois counties.

Alexa Balen, of Homer Glen, who faces felony charges in connection with her 2-year-old daughter's death, was denied pretrial release in a Will County court on Friday.

Will County Judge Matthew G. Bertani has been assigned to the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois, effective Jan. 1, the Illinois Supreme Court announced.

Denzzel D. McCullum, 27, and Carlos Miller, 39, of Bolingbrook face multiple charges after New Lenox police arrested the two men after responding to a report of a stolen vehicle.

City looks to make changes in 2016 health plan.

Winter weather contributed to a crash on I-80 at Briggs Street Thursday morning which resulted in two passengers being hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

North Des Plaines Street in Joliet, between West Jefferson and West Washington streets, will be closed for two weeks starting on Friday.

As the 2024-2025 boys basketball season gets set to tip off, here are team-by-team previews of teams from around the Herald-News coverage area.

Check out the five players to keep an eye on from the area.

The 60,000-square-foot Village of Shorewood YMCA is being built in partnership with the village of Shorewood. Local officials gathered for a grounding-breaking ceremony for the facility on Thursday.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox recently received its consecutive 20th “A” Hospital Safety Grade by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit hospital ratings program.

Shop from more than 220 crafters, artisans and makers at the 53rd Annual Christmas Crossroads in Lockport on Saturday and Sunday at Lockport East High School.

A fight at the Will County Adult Detention Center left one inmate hospitalized after he was beaten with a sock full of soap.

Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., snowfall rates could approach an inch per hour in some areas, contributing to accumulations of 1 to 4 inches, particularly on grassy and elevated surfaces

The pre-trial detention hearing for Alexa Balen, the Homer Glen woman accused of child endangerment after the death of her 2-year-old daughter, has been postponed to give Balen more time to find an attorney.

The first snowfall of the season blankets Will County on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.

Molly Parker scored 26 points, Taylor Healy added 13 and the Celtics absolutely dominated the Joliet Central Steelmen to pick up their first victory of the year, 64-38 in the WJOL Tournament.

Joel Brodsky, ex-attorney of convicted murderer Drew Peterson, says he wants to talk about an error of "constitutional magnitude" in murder trial. A Will County judge on Wednesday refused to lift a gag order.

The season’s first hint of winter is expected late Wednesday with snowfall expected throughout much of the suburbs.

Homeowners and renters in Will County who suffered damage or loss from the July 13-16 severe storms now have until Dec. 13 to apply for disaster relief with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

FIT Foundation in Crest Hill is encouraging residents to visit Fitfoundation4u.com to help provide Thanksgiving dinners for first responders. Go to Donate a Meal to a Joliet Police officer.

The Lockport City Council will hold a public hearing on its proposed $24.5 million 2025 budget on Wednesday before its expected approval on Dec. 4.

Facing rapidly growing demand for its services, West Suburban Community Pantry has appointed Maeven Sipes of Wheaton, formerly of the Northern Illinois Food Bank, as its new CEO.

Landrie Callahan scored 17 points, the last one the 1,000th of her career, as Morris topped Reed-Custer 60-17 in the Comet Classic on Tuesday.

Stays ahead of Michelle Stiff by 1,030 votes after late-arriving mail-in ballots are tallied.

A look at the Herald-News area's girls basketball teams for the 2024-25 season.