The Forest Preserve District of Will County hosts free fishing days and kayak instructional programs the week of June 15.

Joliet police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Reonah Epting, 25, who was out of state but now may be back in the area. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call 911 or 815-724-3020.

Anthony “Tony” Ikis and Champ Evans were sworn in on June 8 by Kendall County Sheriff Dwight Baird.

Celebrate Illinois Free Fishing Days weekend with free fishing pole rentals and giveaways throughout the weekend.

A single-family home in Mokena that sold for $750,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Will County over the past week.

Star Wars Day is set for Saturday, June 6 in downtown Joliet.

At approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, large groups consisting of mostly juveniles began to gather in the downtown business district, mainly along the Washington Street corridor between Chicago and Van Buren avenues.

Damages to the Plainfield house total about $300,000.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County has announced its program schedule for the week of June 1.

The next Crochet for Wildlife program will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11, outdoors at Hidden Lakes Trout Farm at Hidden Oaks Preserve in Bolingbrook.

Eleven additional red Naloxone distribution boxes were recently added, bringing the total number of boxes in Will County to 29.

Here's a roundup of ceremonies and parades being held across Will County on Monday.

Dive right into summer at these Joliet area community pools and splash pads.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County has announced its program schedule for the weeks of May 18 and May 25. Registration is available online at reconnectwithnature.org.

A single-family home in Manhattan that sold for $1.2 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Will County over the past week

County board Democrats eye reduction in board members. Republicans worry they are targeted.

Members of local police departments will be participating Friday in the annual “Cop on a Rooftop” fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Illinois beginning at 5 a.m.

From Capitol News Illinois: Twenty individual firefighters and six units from across Illinois were awarded for acts of bravery and service in an annual ceremony on Tuesday

A judge allowed the jail release of a Romeoville woman charged with recklessly firing a gun in the direction of another woman near a Joliet bar.

Try your luck at catching fish and compete for prizes awarded for the biggest catch at the adult fishing derby at Hidden Lakes.

Fire crews battled a garage and barn fire in the 23700 block of 119th Street in an unincorporated area near Plainfield early Sunday morning.

A single-family home in Bolingbrook that sold for $1.19 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Will County during the past week.

A Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison for drug-induced homicide in Aurora. The man sold fentanyl pills to an Aurora man who died after ingesting one pill.

The 3,989-square-foot house, built in 2010, was sold for $1.19 million, or $297 per square foot.

An Aurora man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to Class X felonies of armed violence and drug-induced homicide, the latter stemming from the fentanyl death of a Bolingbrook man.

The group meets on the fourth Thursday of every month from 4 to 5 p.m. at 351 Lily Cache Lane in Bolingbrook.

Aisha Chavda won the Illinois Civics Bee last year. Now the seventh-grader from Timber Ridge Middle School is heading back to regionals on April 28 — this time as a defending champion.

Backpack Biologists meets 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, May 1-31, at Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Bolingbrook:

The Illinois State Board of Elections released final vote totals Friday in the March 17 primary. Here are the results for DuPage and suburban Cook county races.

Free, all-ages activities will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 25 at the Will County forest preserve.

An Indiana woman has been charged with criminal neglect of a child with a disability who died in 2023 in Bolingbrook. The charges alleged she did not provide adequate nutrition to the child.

A Will County Board member was sentenced to court supervision in a computer tampering case but avoided trial when the key witness in a traffic case failed to show up for trial a second time.

DuPage Township has announced it will break ground on its new food pantry facility on April 13 as demand for services continues to grow.

A single-family home in Mokena that sold for $900,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Will County in the past week.

A delegation of Illinois mayors say they experienced “pinch me” moments during their trip to the Vatican, marked by a 45-minute private audience with Chicago native son Pope Leo XIV.

The event will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at Bolingbrook Golf Club, 2001 Rodeo Drive in Bolingbrook.

This western-themed event will feature line dancing, interactive games, a silent and live auction and a BBQ dinner.

People turned out for No Kings protests in several locations across Will County on Saturday.

Organizers called the protest day “No Kings 3,″ in opposition to the Trump administration and multiple rallies were held across Will County including Joliet, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Lockport, Minooka and Shorewood.

Recycle old or unused bicycles through Forest Preserve District of Will County to benefit Working Bikes, which refurbishes and distributes bikes worldwide.

The event, which organizers are calling “No Kings 3,″ has multiple rallies planned across Will County including Joliet, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Lockport, Minooka and Shorewood.

Nearly 50% of Meals on Wheels clients screen at high nutritional risk due to the compounded effects of chronic illness, medication use, food insecurity, and social isolation, according to the Illinois Department on Aging.

Most Illinois schools haven’t seen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at their doors, but officials say the federal crackdown is still impacting their classrooms

English learners across northern Illinois schools are facing growing uncertainty as federal funding cuts and policy changes threaten the programs they rely on to learn in the classroom

Amanda Brode-Rico has been named Community High School District 99’s new assistant superintendent for learning resources

Turnout was significantly higher in Will County than in the 2024 March primary. Some precincts saw more than 30% voter turnout.

Votes on Tuesday show Will County Sheriff’s Deputy Patrick Jones maintained his lead in the Democratic primary for Will County sheriff.

Voters in the primary picked two county board members in their party from each district to run in the general election in November.

Will County Board members Jacqueline Traynere, Judy Ogalla and Steve Balich all in competitive primary contests on Tuesday.

At least four cases involving wives who’ve disappeared in Will and LaSalle counties remain unsolved and one of those cases dates back to 1990.