Joliet News

A former megachurch preacher sentenced to 12 years in federal prison in March for carrying on a sexual relationship with a teenage member of his congregation was sued in Will County court .

When Cole Zuponeck was 9 months old and not yet crawling, his parents, Kristin and George of Plainfield, took him to their pediatrician.

A former athletic director at Joliet Catholic High School was sentenced to life in prison by a Florida judge Thursday for having sex with a teenage boy.

"I, and the citizens of Joliet, ask you to make million-dollar decisions on a daily basis," Mike Trafton told his officers Wednesday night during the annual awards ceremony held at the Jacob Henry Mansion.

The current owner of the Holiday Inn Banquet and Conference Center in Joliet says he plans to do very well under a new name when the Holiday Inn brand is switched to a new place in town.

A 17-year-old from Joliet died Thursday night after being stabbed during a fight in the parking lot of a Jewel-Osco store in Romeoville , according to Romeoville police.

The Will County Board approved a concealed-carry resolution on Thursday, but that doesn't mean county residents can start packing heat.

Two baby goats, just one week and three weeks old and abandoned behind a construction site, have found a new home at Siegel's Cottonwood Farm .

Two Will County Board members announced Thursday they are opposed to the building of an immigrant detention center in Joliet, and one Joliet councilman is pushing the council to decide if it wants to court the project.

Hours after a Will County Judge found a New Lenox man guilty of punching another man into a coma , she received an email from the state's attorney's office.

Adam Landerman, one of four young people charged in Joliet with a heinous double-killing, seemed barely able to utter the word "murder" last week during a hearing where he found out he is a father.

All of the chambers are located in or near towns that have casinos. Chamber leaders from Aurora, Elgin, Des Plaines, Joliet and Naperville issued a joint letter on Wednesday that lobbied against the passage of Senate Bill 1739.

WCEN to Meet The next Will County Environmental Network monthly meeting will be held on Monday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m., at Laraway School - a half mile west of Illinois Rt.

A 24-year-old man from southern-central Naperville with extensive legal troubles has been sentenced to six months in Will County Jail in Joliet, after being convicted of damaging a woman's car six years ago and possessing marijuana just over a year later.

McFarland, who was elected to the council in April with support from opponents of a detention facility, said he would like to see a presentation next month from the company that wants to build the facility.

A Joliet man was sentenced to five years in prison for running over a person lying across East Washington Street.

The Diocese of Joliet concealed decades of sexual abuse by its priests in order to maintain the flow of monetary donations and community support for the church, attorneys for several victims of the alleged abuse say.

Five new lawsuits alleging cases of sexual abuse by priests and a Catholic school principal were filed in Will County Circuit Court Wednesday.

A resolution designating Will County as a Cool County stalled at Tuesday's land use committee meeting after Republicans linked the measure to the United Nations' Kyoto Treaty and a move to eradicate coal burning power plants by the Sierra Club.

Michael Vinciguerra might have seemed an unusual fit for the University of St. Francis when he arrived as its president in 2002.