Will County News

Share + Nov 21, 2009 2:46 pm US/Central MONEE, Ill. A Harvey man was killed and two others were injured, one critically, in an eight-vehicle crash Friday night in south suburban Monee Friday.

The architect and urban planner Daniel H. Burnham was born in New York in 1846. His family moved to Chicago when he was a child and it was there he grew up.

If you are among the 97 percent of motorists who speed along Laraway Road, you might be relieved to know Will County is expected to raise the speed limit on a 12-mile stretch of roadway.

A Will County judge on Wednesday convicted two Aurora men of murder for their participation in an armed robbery in Naperville that resulted in the shooting death of a man.

Seven people suffered minor injuries this afternoon when a driver impaired by diabetes triggered a three-car collision, veered into oncoming traffic and forcing a semitrailer truck into a power pole, Will County Sheriff's Office spokesman Pat Barry said.

A tanker truck flipped, prompting more than two dozen emergency response teams to respond near south suburban Crete in Will County early Monday.

A dog being trained to aid the disabled has pitted volunteers against animal control officials in Will County, Ill., after his escape wearing blue pajamas.

In Kendall County, more than 8,000 H1N1 flu vaccine doses are being unused by Kendall County's health department.

It's all over, for now. The deadline for filing petitions for next year's elections was last week.

A Joliet man described as a "despicable degenerate" was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for raping a teen on New Year's Day in 2008.

A Naperville man already awaiting trial on charges of burglary and battery has even more trouble with the law, for allegedly riding his motorcycle on the city's far southwest side at a speed of 112 mph.

The speed limit on most of Laraway Road might go up. Although it's 40 mph now, it soon could become 45 mph, if the Will County Board makes that decision.

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.