The Lockport City Council has approved a revised concept plan for a new housing development, including more townhomes, but not the small single family lots originally proposed.

Joliet city officials say higher gas tax would cost most motorists less than $10 a year while truckers will pay more.

An accomplice in a robbery described feeling “scared and shocked” in 2019 after their “target” was shot in the head and left lying in the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant in Joliet during testimony in a Will County courtroom on Wednesday.