Felix Sarver

The "quick actions" of four Will County sheriff's deputies have been credited with saving the life of a pregnant woman who was injured in a shooting earlier this year.

A retired Will County judge has been assigned to the circuit court in Cook County in response to a “shortage of judges” in the county.

A Plainfield man is facing misdemeanor charges after he was accused of threatening a family member with a knife, crashing his vehicle into a light pole and yelling at someone while waving a firearm.

Suspects in the Homer Glen home invasion and robbery of a 73-year-old woman had fled from police and crashed their vehicle in Joliet Township.

Maxine Boykin, the first Black female officer for the Joliet Police Department, died on Nov. 26 at 90. Her son, Mark Boykin Sr., 64, said he had been “blessed” with a loving mother.

The incident was reported on Monday in the 200 block of Munroe Street in Joliet.

Charges were filed last week against a Plainfield Township man following a Will County Sheriff’s Office investigation of a shooting that was reported on June 5.

The 2026 budget for Joliet “holds the line on property taxes for the second consecutive year," according to city officials. The city council is expected to vote on the budget next week.

Officers responded to the shooting on Dec. 6 in the 500 block Ohio Street in Joliet.

A Will County judge found the testimony of Juan Moreno credible enough to overcome a request from Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow’s Office to temporarily bar him from holding a seat on the Joliet City Council.

A Mokena man will remain in jail under the SAFE-T Act following a Dec. 3 alleged domestic battery incident that led to a large police respinse.

A spokeswoman for Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox said a call was made by a 'distressed individual' and police have confirmed that no credible threat has been identified.

Joliet police officials are seeking help with finding a 17-year-old teen.

Joliet's police chief said his investigations division “continues to record higher than a 90% clearance rate on homicide offenses over a three-year period.”

A Wilmington mother has been charged with desecration of her infant daughter, who was born in a toilet and then buried in a beer box. Cause of child's death not yet known.