Crest Hill News

Danielle Anderson, one of Santa's elves, was asked a question and had to choose her words carefully.

Talk about your brazen holiday heists. Two women drove up in a gray SUV to a southwest suburban subdivision in broad daylight, then pilfered a 6-foot-high reindeer decoration made from pine branches.

Somebody's playing reindeer games, and the cops and residents of Carillon Lakes are not amused.

Two men were arrested after police reportedly found $3,000 worth of cocaine in their car Tuesday.

If the Lockport Township High School Board hopes to ever pass a new high school tax referendum, three things must be done to resolve public concerns, residents told a summit of elected officials Thursday night.

The Lockport Township High School District will be continuing their series of public meetings, Thursday November 19th at 7 PM in Crest Hill Village Hall.

A southwest suburban who allegedly shot another man in the face during an argument at a Denny's restaurant has been charged with murder.

The sign in the Keep on Rollin' window says "Closed for the summer," but one peek inside the roller rink's window -- and a glance at the "for sale" sign out front -- tells the real story: Closed for good.

A 22-year-old man with autism has been found safe. The family of Russell Maurice Sims said he walked from Aurora to Crest Hill.

Joliet Police continue to investigate the weekend death of a 35 year old Franklin Park man found deceased in his brother\'s Joliet apartment after a night of drinking.

A teen told police a masked man shot him in the leg Thursday. The 17-year-old victim was standing near Joliet and McDonough streets at 8:11 p.m. when a man wearing dark clothes and a white hockey mask ran up, he reported.

About 70 workers were fired Nov. 5 from the Bissell Homecare warehouse after they joined a union and filed complaints about working conditions at the facility.

More than 300 people gathered on Oct. 30 to recognize the heroism of Francis "Bud" Smolich, a Vietnam veteran whose Army unit was honored by President Obama earlier in the month.

Book fair: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 9-10 in the cafeteria of Silver Cross Hospital, 1200 Maple Road, Joliet.

Ward 3 Alderman Neal Sternisha questioned Mayor Raymond Soliman about the mayor's petty cash expenses at this week's city council meeting.

District 5...partnering with the Will County Sheriff's Office...will conduct a Roadside Safety Check in Crest Hill this weekend.

Crest Hill Police say they are seeking a "white male suspect" who wore a dark colored coat and 'light colored bandana over his head," and robbed the Speedway gas station near U S 30 - Gaylord - and Caton Farm Road about 3 AM Thursday morning.

A jury found a convicted rapist guilty Wednesday afternoon of trying four years ago to kidnap a young woman as she walked home from her after-school job.

A southwest suburban man who a prosecutor calls "a loathsome and abominable reprobate" was found guilty Wednesday of trying to abduct a teenage girl.

Still looking for a frightful way to celebrate Halloween? There's plenty of time to encounter a host of things that go bump in the night at the area's scarriest events.