A driver led the Channahon and Wilmington police on a chase early Thursday morning before abandoning the vehicle, leading the police to issue a shelter-in-place order for the area around Sunset Drive near Galloway School.

The Morris Police Department announced Thursday that officers were called to a fight in the 200 block of Waverly Street, where witnesses said an 18-year-old woman had been stabbed.

A 44-year-old Morris man is being charged with three counts of first degree murder in the death of his mother in August 2024.

The Rev. Carlos Martins allegedly grabbed a girl’s hair, made a “flossing motion” with her hair in his mouth, sat behind her and made a “growling noise,” according to a statement from Joliet police officials.

A charge has been filed against a priest who was on a relic tour in Joliet last year and he is accused of placing the hair of a 13-year-old girl in his mouth, court records show.

The Illinois State Police is investigating that occurred at 12:41 a.m. Monday on Interstate 80 westbound near Minooka Road after a semi hit a car that was traveling in the wrong direction on the one-way road.

An appellate court upheld the pretrial detention of a former Joliet Outlaws motorcycle club member who for a second time is facing charges of killing a woman and hiding her body.

Theodore Broduer, former chief executive officer of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties, has been indicted in Will County on felony theft charges.

Two people were taken into custody in Grundy County after Illinois State Police found more than 1,800 grams of methamphetamine in their vehicle on Wednesday.