Joliet Junior College is officially expanding, as the long-discussed Grundy County campus has been approved by all parties.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources delayed the traditional April 1 opening of the lake because of unusually low water levels caused by drought conditions this spring

The Grundy County Sheriff's Office Proactive Unit arrested a Riverdale man Tuesday after a drug dog found more than one kilogram of suspected cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 80.

After 17 tornadoes struck northern Illinois last week, experts say the state is nearing another record-breaking year for tornado activity

Forecasters warn northern Illinois could see long-track tornadoes, destructive winds, and flash flooding on Wednesday as a powerful storm system moves in

Northern Illinois is under a Level 3 severe weather risk on Wednesday as forecasters warn of tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding

Illinois communities assess damage after 48 hours of severe storms, that including high winds, flooding and multiple tornadoes.

A Kankakee teen has been found guilty in Will County of the 2024 attempted murder of a fellow juvenile detainee who suffered traumatic brain injury in an attack, court records show.

A tornado touched down near Dwight on Thursday evening as it continued on a path into Kankakee County

The Grundy County Board approved a new solar guideline Tuesday that requires solar developers to have concrete plans in place before receiving permits from the county, a move that State's Attorney Russ Baker said would strengthen the county's standing in a case it plans to appeal

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 HOT ROD Power Tour launched Monday morning from the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet.

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.

The 73 districts receiving grants provide fire protection to about 250,000 Illinois residents, primarily in rural areas of Illinois.

An outside consultant has identified more than $25 million in life safety improvement projects across seven buildings in Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201.

The Illinois River Valley Chapter serves 1.1 million people in five counties including Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, and Will.

Growing a pollinator garden with flowering plants is one simple way Illinois residents can make a meaningful environmental impact at home.

As another group of freshly graduated college students enters the job market, challenging times may be ahead with slow hiring rates across the country.

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.

Jamal Scott is currently the vice president of Undergraduate Education and dean of the Undergraduate College at National Louis University.

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.

With their 2-0 upset of Macon Meridian in the Class 1A Illinois Wesleyan Supersectional on Monday, the Gardner-South Wilmington softball team is enjoying something no other GSW softball team has enjoyed before. They’re heading to state.

Throughout her life, Shannon O’Halloran has been told that she has a special way of engaging people in conversation and connecting with them.

Weekday service on the Rock Island Line will expand from 80 to 84 trains and weekend service will expand to 40 trains on both Saturdays and Sundays.

A trial for a prominent attorney in Will County charged with domestic battery of a child has been rescheduled to Sept. 15 and prosecutors have contended an out-of-state witness is needed for the case.

The 2026 Farmstand Trail features nine farm stands spanning Will, Kendall, Grundy and Livingston counties.

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

The Coal City Unit 1 Board of Education approved a two-year extension to the district's collective bargaining agreement with the Coal City Community Unit Education Association, the district's teachers union.

They can live in many different habitats, such as woodlands and meadows, but generally prefer taller vegetation like grasses. They are also found in both urban and suburban areas.

Minooka bested Bradley-Bourbonnais for a 12-3 victory in the Class 4A Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional semifinals on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

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

A residence in Channahon that sold for $645,000 nears the top of the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Grundy County over the past week.

One person suffered life-threatening injuries, and two others suffered serious injuries that were not life threatening in a five-vehicle traffic crash on Tuesday in Kendall County.

A majority on the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees approved censuring a trustee for what they deemed violations of board policy when she spoke at a Joliet City Council meeting.

Four Grundy Area Vocational Center students will get a head start on their post-high school careers, having signed on to work for local contractors as part of Carpenters Local 174's partnership with the GAVC.

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 single-family home in Minooka that sold for $496,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Grundy County over the past week.

Morris Community High School's varsity Hydrogen Car Team is advancing to the 2026 World Finals in June, which will have them traveling all the way to Switzerland.

Illinois Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who use their love and talents for gardening to share with others.Registration for the program ends Monday.

When Wendy Briley’s husband, Ken, became the Grundy County Sheriff in 2019, she looked around and realized the county didn’t have a Shop with a Cop program.

We Care of Grundy County has been the place to turn to for those in need in Grundy County since 1979, but it got its start as a phone tree.

Jeff Vogen has been announcing sporting events at Morris Community High School for more than 20 years

A group of Gardner South-Wilmington Students began the Student Assistance Fund in 2017, a fund available to those in need that's been kept up ever since.

It's been a little over a year since the Grundy Eunoia Wellness Center opened in Mazon, and they have been kept busy.

Angela Roudis, a sixth-to eighth-grade teacher in the Cross-Categorical program at Coal City Middle School, said she’s worked with Gina Pens the last four years and called her “an amazing person who always puts others before herself.”

Here are the IHSA postseason schedules for baseball teams across the greater Joliet/Plainfield/Morris area.

As of Jan. 1, 2028, it will be illegal to sell the invasive Bradford pear tree – also known as the Callery pear – in Illinois.

A Will County judge allowed the jail release of a witness against a Lockport man charged with indecent solicitation of a child after his attorney said his absence from court was an “honest mistake.”

Young Philanthropist groups, made up of students from Morris Community High School, Coal City, Gardner South Wilmington and Seneca high schools, gathered with local non-profits on Monday to dole out $20,000 total in grant funding.

The repairs are anticipated to be completed and the lane reopened by 5 a.m. Tuesday, weather permitting, the Illinois Department of Transportation said.