Lane changes and ramp closures on Joliet and New Lennox began on Monday as construction workers prepare for improvements to the roads.

Joliet Junior College’s president reported he’s been subjected to harassing behavior from two members of the Board of Trustees and the hostility of one of those trustees caused him to feel unsafe.

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.