Will County News

Nancy Schultz Voots, Will County clerk, held the simultaneous filing lotteries recently for ballot placement in the Feb.

As Will County officials try to cut next year's spending, they have decided to once again offer the possibility of voluntary furloughs to employees.

A Gurnee man died Monday after spending five days incarcerated at the county jail.

A Will County man accused of attacking four female victims in separate incidents has been found guilty of trying to kidnap a teenage girl.

Police rescued six dogs and five puppies Tuesday night from a southwest suburban home apparently being used to train pit bulls for fighting.

A 70-year-old Joliet man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for sexually abusing two little girls while babysitting.

Share + Oct 31, 2009 10:36 am US/Central JOLIET, Ill. Although Plainfield police arrested Craig Stebic on Sunday for allegedly threatening a neighbor, he has yet to be formally charged with a crime by the Will County state's attorney's office.

You stole a dead woman's memorial plaque? Really? Really? On the second anniversary of Stacy Peterson's disappearance, an unidentified person has apparently stolen the memorial plaque and tree that was planted in her honor.

In some cases, you might be able to do without one, now that the Will County Legal Self-Help Center is up and running.

Will County Sheriff's police have arrested a manager accused of being the "inside man" in a robbery at an ice cream parlor last month.

A few candidates arrived long before the sun Monday morning and patiently waited in their cars in the parking lot of the Will County building in downtown Joliet.

Firefighters were kept busy with two blazes Tuesday night. Around 10 p.m., East Joliet firefighters began putting out a fire at 426 Hebbard St.

A woman caught running a puppy mill at her Peotone home recently pleaded guilty to abusing animals.

Will County authorities have filed murder and armed robbery charges against three people in the death of a 26-year-old man whose body was discovered Saturday morning in Joliet's Pilcher Park.

A second Naperville resident has died of causes related to the novel H1N1 flu virus, the Will County Health Department announced Wednesday.

Will County residents who are in targeted populations to receive the H1N1 swine flu vaccine will be able to get vaccinated free of charge beginning next Wednesday.

A 47-year-old Naperville resident died Monday, shortly after being admitted to Edward Hospital with fever, breathing difficulties, and a cough.

A New Lenox contractor who pleaded guilty earlier this year to fleecing his customers has yet to reimburse any of them.

Childhood obesity in the U.S. has increased dramatically over the last several decades, and local communities are devising creative, assertive methods to combat it.

A male was found dead in a southwest suburban Joliet park Saturday morning, authorities said.