Joliet Catholic hosted Lyons for a varsity football game at Busey Bank Field at Joliet Memorial Stadium on Friday, Aug. 29.

The “memorandum of understanding” creates access and opportunity for high school students across the Diocese of Joliet to enroll at USF in Joliet, according to a release announcing the agreement.

The 2025 girls volleyball season promises to be another banner year for The Herald-News area

Ian Campbell, a senior defensive linemen at Joliet Catholic, has verbally committed to play football for Navy in college. He's the latest in a slew of Hilltoppers to pledge themselves to the military academies for football.

More than 30 people attended a meeting in Joliet organized by neighbors of a future JCA stadium, including two people with school connections who gave some insight into the project.

Residents of the Joliet Catholic Academy neighborhood will meet Wednesday at the Croatian Cultural Club.

A plan for an on-campus stadium at Joliet Catholic Academy will wait at least another month before going to the city for a vote.

Joliet Catholic Academy has announced its Students of the Month for May.

The Joliet Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday tabled a vote on a proposed Joliet Catholic Academy on-campus stadium until June.

Joliet city staff is asking the zoning board vote scheduled for today on proposed JCA stadium be pushed back to June.

JCA officials say the school has held four community meetings in which stadium plans were discussed. The city's zoning board is slated to make final decision on permit on Thursday.

Resident near Joliet Catholic Academy says people need to know more before the school's sports stadium plans add more cars to the neighborhood.

Joliet Catholic Academy plans to build a stadium and other athletic facilities on the former Our Lady of Angels nursing home site.

Bishop McNamara defeated Joliet Catholic Academy 79-67 in the IHSA Class 2A Peotone Sectional semifinal on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, to advance to Friday's sectional championship.

Joliet Catholic Academy president and principal Dr. Jeffrey Budz announced the 2025 Hall of Champions: Business & Industry class.

Allie Quigley led DePaul to new heights in women's basketball before making three WNBA All-Star teams and winning a title with the Chicago Sky. This past Sunday she was inducted into the DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame.

Carmel, trailing by as many as 11 points in the first half, turned things on in the second half to complete a comeback and beat Joliet Catholic 47-38 Wednesday night.

Joliet West led by nine midway through the third only to fall behind by four in the early fourth as Joliet West eventually rallied to claim victory in the opening of the WJOL Tourney over Joliet Catholic.

Five awards were presented to alumni from the University of St. Francis of Joliet, including The Presidential Alumni Award, and one award from each of the university’s four colleges to highlight the university's diverse disciplines.

Joliet Catholic Academy’s Kazma Family Scholarship recipients from the class of 2028 are announced.

Interior preparation underway for taking down former Joliet Catholic High School gym. Hickory Street lane to be closed Thursday.

The Rev. Tim Andres with connections to Joliet that go back to 1982 leaves town after last Mass on Sunday.

Sgt. Dwayne English, spokesman for the Joliet Police Department, said the lockdown at Joliet Catholic Academy “was triggered by unknown means.”

Gym will be demolished in project designed to protect adjacent senior residences in the Victory Centre of Joliet.

City owns a deteriorating corner of what is now Victory Centre of Joliet.

Joliet Catholic Academy retains first right of refusal to buy the former Our Lady of Angels property.

A Minooka businessman has until March 14 to report to prison. A federal judge recommended he serve his time as a minimum security prison camp in Florida.

A Minooka businessman operated what prosecutors called a Ponzi scheme that caused $92.5 million in losses to 518 investors. He's slated for sentencing on Jan. 18.

Versiti Blood Centers of Illinois one donation of blood can “save up to three lives.” So Joliet Catholic Academy and Providence’s effects potentially helped save 210 lives in the community.

Ryan Quigley, JCA institutional advancement director, described House Bill 4194 as a “compromise” to extend the program.

A Lutheran church in Joliet raised $300,000 that was sought after by a court-appointed receiver. The receiver is recovering funds that federal officials said were misused by a Minooka company.

Check out photos from the Class 2A boys State Cross Country meet on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 at Detweiller Park in Peoria.

Officials with the Diocese of Joliet are calling on state lawmakers to extend the life of a state program that allow students at non-public schools in Illinois to receive tax credit scholarships.

The fallout from a Minooka company that federal authorities deemed a Ponzi-like enterprise has cost a Joliet school and a church hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements, along with a $153,500 judgment against a Channahon nonprofit organization, court records show.

Joliet Catholic forces 5 turnovers in their 19-0 win over rival Providence.

JCA has first rights of refusal for Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home property located next to campus.

JCA is located next door to nursing home that closed this year and has right of first refusal on the land.

Marianne Wolf-Astrauskas of Orland Park created the book while caring for her husband, Jonas, a brain cancer survivor, who is paralyzed on his right side,

When Amy Douglas of Joliet retired from Joliet Catholic Academy in May, the school lost “a tremendously valuable teacher,” JCA president and principal Jeffrey Budz said.

A former Joliet school board member said, "I thought the police did an incredible job but there was a big disconnect with the grade school district."

In advance of Joliet Catholic Academy’s graduation ceremony on May 21, Luke Pekol and Zach Pekol briefly commented on their post-graduation plans and offered advice to incoming high school freshman.

Joliet Catholic Academy teacher Jake Ziesmer said those interested in becoming a teacher should have a field they are passionate about so they can use for teaching students.

Odds are whenever a task comes up that needs doing at Joliet Catholic Academy, Dave Douglas has probably done it.

Quigley: The Invest in Kids Act creates an opportunity for all of us to invest in our area, invest in our future, invest in our children. We need our state legislators to hear the voices of the 1.9 million-plus students in Illinois, seeking a fully funded education that best

Olivia Parent’s RBI single finally broke a scoreless tie and Sage Mardjetko struck out 20 during a nine-inning no hitter Monday to lead Lemont to a 1-0 win over host Oak Forest in South Suburban Conference play. Plus more local results in Monday's roundup.

JCA's Key Club held its first Keyman program in December, where members coordinated and led 12 community service projects in 12 days.

Hall of Champions: Business & Industry honors graduates of Joliet Catholic Academy, as well as the former St. Francis Academy and Joliet Catholic High School, for their accomplishments in their professional careers.

Marissa Corsi of Plainfield is just one of four students in Illinois who received this perfect score,

Nazareth defeats Joliet Catholic in two high scoring sets (25-20, 25-23).

Brother Rice wins in double overtime 31-24 against Joliet Catholic. (Photos by Dean Reid for Shaw Media)