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Four vehicles that were part of the HOT ROD Power Tour were stolen in Joliet and one of the vehicles was found in Dolton after a crash, police said.

The Morris Police and Fire Protection District responded to the 200 block of Gore Road Sunday night after a man called reporting to have stabbed another during an altercation.
Creditors include $7.8 million bank loan for Ovation Center in Romeoville and $53,000 in unpaid taxes. The bankruptcy filing marks the second crisis for an agency that appeared to have made a financial comeback when it moved into the new Ovation Center in 2024.

In celebration of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie's 30 years of restoration, the U.S. Forest Service will host a 30th Anniversary “open house” across the prairie on Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. with informational booths along the trail on Saturday, June 6.

The driver of a fleeing vehicle was transported to a hospital Monday night in Morris after Morris Police officers attempted to make a traffic stop at about 8:45 p.m. on Twilight Drive.

If planning on driving on I-80 through Joliet over the next four weekends, plan for lane closures and delays.

Illinois State Police are investigating a crash on the Frontage Road to Arsenal Road off Interstate 55, near the Exxon Mobile refinery in Channahon.

An attorney for a Wilmington man charged with a felony traffic violation that led to a crash that killed an Illinois State Police trooper was given more time to discuss his client’s options.
The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees will consider approving three censures against a trustee for her comments at a Joliet City Council meeting.

A 23-year-old Streator man was killed Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash near Kinsman.

Inspections on both bridges are expected to be completed by May 23, weather permitting, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.
Morris Community High School celebrated the groundbreaking on its new $67 million addition on Wednesday.
The closures are necessary to safely install steel beams on the I-80 bridge over Interstate 55, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.

Patching and resurfacing of portions of Channahon Road (U.S. Route 6) in Joliet will begin on Monday, May 4.
Both villages look toward a Winnebago County case that sided with local control over solar projects. The Will County Board last week was forced by court order to approve six local solar projects.
The Will County Board met Thursday under two court orders as controversy intensifies over solar energy expansion.
The Will County Board was to vote Thursday on the Pride of the Prairie solar project that would spread through parts of Manhattan, Green Garden and Wilton townships.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that Grand Ridge Road at Dwight Road is completely blocked after a crash between a car and a semi.

