Joliet News

The firm hired this week to recruit a new city manager offers a community meet-and-greet with the finalists as part of its $18,900 package of services.

A Rockdale woman who critically injured a bicyclist while driving drunk soothed her nerves after the crash with a trip to Key West, Fla.

Whereas some might fall victim to the easy temptation of double-speak and shady practices.

Will County Auditor Duffy Blackburn said he will officially throw his hat into the ring for Illinois Comptroller on Thursday and announce he's seeking the Democratic nomination for the post.

Catholic schools seem to be in trouble everywhere you look in America. It seems we routinely hear stories about how St. Something-or-other will be closing next week.

Special Olympics Illinois is looking for volunteers to sell 50/50 raffle tickets at the Route 66 NHRA Nationals June 28-30 at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet.

The Illinois Department of Transportation on Tuesday unveiled a slightly revised Illiana Expressway plan and formally proposed that it be a tollway, as has been expected.

SURROGATE MOTHER, Beth Andrews , surrounded by her children , Jacob Andrews, Kassidy Andrews and Jimmy Andrews during her pregnancy.

The last time he walked inside the house was more than 80 years ago, when his aunt had worked as a housekeeper for the locally prominent Joliet native John D'Arcy.

The Joliet City Council on Tuesday agreed to form an economic development committee amid a controversy over the mayor's economic development committee.

A SWAT team went into an apartment Tuesday morning to arrest a man accused of shooting two men in a back yard last week.

A former Joliet man who admitted to viewing child pornography tearfully begged a Will County judge Tuesday to keep him out of prison.

It's not a sentiment heard very often since the music festival that roared over the Memorial Day weekend in Joliet generated hundreds of noise complaints from surrounding towns.

Mir Ali, M.D., Ph.D. has joined the Rezin Orthopedics and Sports Medicine team. He will begin seeing patients July 1, 2013.

Will County has a new task force to investigate the sexual harassment of women working in industry.

On this day in 1923 the first Checker Taxi hit the streets. The Checker Taxi is the most famous taxi in the United States.

Members of a sexual harassment task force gathered Monday to announce the group's formation during a press conference at the Will County Office Building.

Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating a 19-year-old Joliet resident wanted for questioning in the fatal shooting of another Joliet teen.

A Joliet woman accused of neglecting an elderly woman under her care is facing a new indictment that details different aspects of her alleged crime, authorities said.

Cmdr. Brian Benton said gunfire was reported shortly before 5 a.m. in the 100 block of Hobbs Avenue, but no one was there when officers arrived.