A 20-year-old man shot at police before fleeing on foot from a traffic stop in Joliet Township early Wednesday, police said

A former employee for Will State's Attorney James Glasgow and her daughter appeared for the first time in a felony computer tampering case on Wednesday.

An employee for Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow charged with official misconduct was fired last May but his office won’t disclose her termination letter, records show.

Honorary principals from a cross section of the community spent the day shadowing the 21 District 86 school principals where they assisted on a variety of duties and responsibilities.

DUIs are not limited to alcohol-related offenses — driving under the influence of alcohol, cannabis or drugs is illegal in Illinois, the sheriff’s office said.

In a statement, Will County Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant said she is “deeply concerned” about reports of “federal immigration activity occurring locally and tactics causing fear throughout the community.”

The Will County Sheriff's Office shut down a portion of New Lenox Road in Joliet Township Wednesday afternoon to assist Channahon police in a search for fleeing suspects.

Police were called to the high school.

A driver traveling through the east side of Joliet is expected to survive after he was shot in the head and leg by an “unknown pedestrian” in the area, police said. 

The Will County sheriff's deputies also recorded 44 traffic arrests and 11 criminal arrests during the campaign.

Defense attorneys Jordan Kielian and Dan Walsh have filed their appearances in cases involving a Will County State's Attorney's Office employee charged with misconduct that endangered witnesses.

A proposed resolution calling on state and federal officials to limit ICE activity has stalled amid party division on the Will County Board.

The felony charges were filed against Amy Burgett-Masse, 44, and Ryanne Burgett-Masse, 20, both of Elwood, following an investigation of computer tampering and official misconduct.

Will County officials confirmed members of the Texas National Guard are using a training site south of Joliet to prepare for deployment in Chicago.

A 30-year-old Palos Park woman died after crashing her vehicle into a ditch in Homer Township on Wednesday.

Will County sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a shooting in the 1400 block of Elgin Avenue in Joliet Township on Tuesday.

K9 Edo alerted deputies to the presence of narcotics inside the van during a perimeter sniff,

The Will County Sheriff’s Office is refusing to release police reports regarding an investigation of theft at a nonprofit organization despite a request their disclosure by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

Federal officials have yet to disclose whether they’ve been involved in reports of immigration enforcement activity in Joliet, including one that was alleged to have occurred at the Will County Courthouse.

Joliet city officials and Joliet Junior College are seeking to explore the creation of a public safety institute for the education and training of police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office improperly denied a request seeking records of an investigation that led to a theft charge against the former chief executive of Big Brothers Big Sisters, according to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

The free child car seat safety check will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 20 at the north parking lot of the Will County Public Safety Complex, 16911 W. Laraway Road, Joliet. 

A pregnant woman remains in critical but stable condition after she was shot in the head during a Crete Township shooting that led to the death of her passenger.

Will County sheriff's deputies responded to the shooting on Tuesday in the 2300 block of East Exchange Street in Crete Township.

A 13-year-old child suffered serious injuries after the motorized minibike they were operating crashed into an SUV in unincorporated Joliet Township on Sunday.

During James Glasgow’s discussion in a recent podcast interview on the SAFE-T Act, he briefly spoke about his office’s struggle with whether a sheriff’s lieutenant’s fatal shooting was negligent or reckless.

Erik Wojdyla, 22, was last seen Saturday, July 26. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office conducted a focused traffic safety campaign from July 8 to Aug. 1 to remind motorists that “Speeding Catches Up With You” and encourage safer driving habits.

Will County Sheriff's deputies apprehended five minors on Friday after the group was caught driving a stolen car.

Will County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a non-lethal shooting in the 200 block of Oscar Avenue.

A 70-year-old woman has died from a crash involving a semitrailer in Will County.

A fugitive’s vehicle struck a Will County Sheriff’s Office squad vehicle during a pursuit but the deputy was not harmed.

Update: The Will County Sheriff’s Office announced that Wilmington-Peotone Road has reopened after being closed following two vehicle accidents Tuesday afternoon.

A Lockport father has been arrested after he was accused of abandoning his child at Joliet Township bar and kicking the child, police said.

One of four men charged with the gang-fueled Joliet Township shooting on Halloween in 2021 has lost his bid to suppress his statements to sheriff’s detectives.

The mystery surrounding the identity of a woman found dead in Will County in 1968 has been resolved, the Will County Coroner’s Office reported this week

A former Plainfield Township landlord who was convicted in February of the 2023 hate crime murder of a Muslim child has died, according to a Will County sheriff official.

A Will County sheriff’s lieutenant who avoided charges over the fatal shooting of a hostage taker who surrendered to police has been fired following an internal investigation of the incident.

Will County reached an $85,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit case that claimed county law enforcement violated Illinois sanctuary laws with the detention of an immigrant who was the key witness of a reckless homicide.

Two businesses in unincorporated Joliet Township were broken into early Wednesday morning. The incidents are thought to be connected and remain under active investigation by the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

A Will County judge ruled there was no actual conflict of interest between the state's attorney's office and a former deputy charged with sex crimes against children.

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force recovered about $750,000 worth of stolen property at a business in Gurnee following a multi-agency investigation that began in Joliet.

A federal appeals court has ruled a Republican challenger to the Will County sheriff can renew his claims that he was denied a promotion to sergeant because he ran against the sheriff.

A Joliet man remains missing since June 27 but police officers have located a vehicle they believe he was driving before he vanished.

A Braidwood man will remain in jail after prosecutors claimed he recklessly fired a gun on the Fourth of July in the direction of Interstate 55.

A Joliet man has been charged with driving under the influence in a Plainfield Township crash that injured a Will County sheriff’s deputy.

CITGO’s Lemont Refinery donated funds to the Will County Sheriff’s Office that will go to support the department’s K-9 Unit.

A Chinese national from California is facing a theft charge in Will County after he was accused of stealing cash from a woman who was the victim of an email scam, police said.

Will County will pay $2.75 million for the dismissal of a federal lawsuit involving a sheriff’s lieutenant who was not charged over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man who initially took hostages at a bank.

A state lawmaker wants the SAFE-T Act repealed after a Will County judge continued the pretrial release of parents charged with the drug-related murder of a child but the law's supporters note the parents have not violated their release conditions.