Joliet News

A freshman at Joliet West High School was arrested Friday on a charge of disorderly conduct for writing a bomb threat on a urinal that spurred two searches at the school, police said.

One woman might be shocked to learn the county jail is also handicap accessible.

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

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

A JOLIET man was arrested about 10:50 a.m. Friday for theft from the Macy's Logistics building in Minooka.

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

Author and Joliet resident Cherie Stechly will discuss her battle with fibromyalgia at a workshop today at the Ostir Chiropractic Clinic in Joliet.

A Joliet man serving 40 years in prison for strangling his next-door neighbor and then torching her duplex to conceal the crime made a do-or-die bid to get his case sent back to court.

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

Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church will host its 16th annual Joliet Area Black College Fair from 2-4:30 p.m. Nov.

Sister Mary Elizabeth Sallese, of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, has returned to Joliet to serve as new principal of St.

After deliberating for several hours Tuesday, a jury found a Joliet woman not guilty in a drug case.

A Joliet woman has been charged with theft in connection with the embezzlement of $500,000 from a spring manufacturing company.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 10:52 am US/Central JOLIET, Ill. The only Cadillac dealership in Joliet will remain open after all.

JOLIET, Illinois, OCT. 28, 2009 .- Benedict XVI named Father Joseph Siegel, a parish pastor, as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Joliet.

Three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a 26-year-old man whose body was discovered Saturday morning in Pilcher Park.

The Spirit of All-Hallows Eve: Theatre on the Hill's "The Spirit of All-Hallows Eve" will be performed from Oct.

Scott Ibarra had no idea he was wrongly listed as a sex offender until a pal pointed it out.

At the southeast corner of Frank Avenue and Hickory Street, there is a house clad in sage-green siding.

Bar Blu has been given a reprieve by its landlord, the city of Joliet. The bar/restaurant, which is located in the city-owned Union Station, can remain open if owner Sang Yi sticks to a payment plan for back rent owed, said Jeff Plyman, the city's corporation counsel.