Will County News

A former Joliet man who admitted to viewing child pornography tearfully begged a Will County judge Tuesday to keep him out of prison.

Members of a sexual harassment task force gathered Monday to announce the group's formation during a press conference at the Will County Office Building.

Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating a 19-year-old Joliet resident wanted for questioning in the fatal shooting of another Joliet teen.

A Joliet woman accused of neglecting an elderly woman under her care is facing a new indictment that details different aspects of her alleged crime, authorities said.

Will County has a new task force to investigate the sexual harassment of women working in industry.

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The village board last week approved an ordinance designating it a historically significant structure and granting the authority to Will County to designate the residence as a county landmark.

An employee of a Monee hotel was arrested Thursday after he allegedly hid in a guest's room then assaulted her, authorities said.

Will County Sheriff's police say a traffic stop led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Frankfort man on several drug charges Wednesday night.

Cmdr. Al Roechner said the victim was filling up at 11:06 p.m. at Citgo, 379 S. Chicago Street when four men approached his vehicle.

Authorities in Will County say a hotel employee in the village of Monee has been charged with criminal sexual assault after he allegedly hid in a woman's room and attacked her.

Three framed pictures of Lisbet Temple's husband riding magnificent horses adorn a former chicken coop on the couple's 160-acre farm near Beecher.

An eminent domain lawsuit filed earlier this year by five southwest suburbs in an attempt to lower water bills likely won't reach a jury for 18 months.The lawsuit against American Lake Water Co.

The board's executive committee shortened a resolution naming Will County as a Cool County by taking out any language that says the county accepts the designation and it would collaborate with Cool Joliet, a local environmental group.

Some Will County Republicans are suspicious of a measure that shortens the residency requirement for candidates for sheriff, but Democrats say the change only makes the requirement equal to other county and municipal offices.

Lockport's Old Canal Days will be filled with live music and living history in a weekend full of entertainment.

Business Ledger news services BOLINGBROOK -- G&W Electric of Bolingbrook was one of three companies in Illinois to win a 2013 Edie Award for Economic Devekopment from the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and Illinois Development Council.

A 23-year-old Indiana man was killed in the early morning hours Tuesday in an accident on Interstate 55 near Arsenal Road.

A wall cloud with some minor rotation begins to pass over Plainfield about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday a few minutes before tornado sirens went off.

Steve Balich, the Will County Board's first Tea Party member, is a gregarious guy who likes to greet people with bear hugs.