The felony charges were filed against Amy Burgett-Masse, 44, and Ryanne Burgett-Masse, 20, both of Elwood, following an investigation of computer tampering and official misconduct.

ICE agents showed up at the parking lot of Azteca de Oro in Joliet on Saturday but left upon a request from the banquet hall manager.

The sister of a Joliet woman who was murdered in 2023 told her killer in court on Tuesday that he is "an evil person with a dark soul."

A 74-year-old woman is expected to survive getting struck by a vehicle outside a Joliet Walmart and the driver who hit her remains under investigation, police said.

A Joliet man has been charged with threatening to come to Joliet City Hall with a handgun and shoot people, police said.

A Joliet police lieutenant put on leave last July for an ongoing city inspector general investigation was found in 2024 to have violated departmental policy by shooting at a fleeing vehicle, city records show.

A man in Joliet is expected to survive a gunshot wound to the groin, police said.

A Will County judge has set what she called a “firm trial date” in a 2018 murder case against a former Joliet teacher after telling attorneys the case has “taken entirely too long.”

A brief shelter in place order was issued to area residents on Friday morning when Joliet police executed a search warrant on the residence and arrested Reginald Rogers, 33, of Joliet.

The $23 million Cass Street bridge project includes replacing sections of steel deck.

A 2-year-old boy has been hospitalized in serious condition and a Wilmington man died following a semitrailer crash in Joliet.

Joliet police officers investigated an incident where a 20-year-old Family Dollar store employee was punched multiple times in the face.

On Wednesday afternoon, a Will County jury found Patrick Gleason, 63, guilty of killing Daniel Rios III, 52, who died in the shooting on March 9, 2018 at Izzy’s bar in Joliet.

A Will County judge was not persuaded a Joliet man acted in self-defense in the 2021 fatal shooting of a 17-year-old teen outside a laundromat.

The Kendall County Coroner’s Office has released the names of the couple who died by an apparent homicide shooting followed by a suicide this morning in Joliet, according to a preliminary investigation by police.

At 11:52 p.m. Monday, Joliet police officers on patrol near South Chicago Street and Fourth Avenue overheard possible gunshots, police said.

A patron of Izzy’s bar in Joliet said in court on Friday that a Crest Hill man charged with killing a bartender said he would “shoot the place up” after he was told not to smoke at the establishment.

A Will County prosecutor told the jury they will see evidence with their own eyes proving their case that a Crest Hill man committed the deadly 2018 shooting at a Joliet bar.

Two men in Joliet may have been shot from someone on a passing motorcycle, police said. 

A Joliet man has been charged with firing a gun in the direction of his ex-girlfriend and prosecutors alleged he endangered multiple people in the incident.

Joliet police officers are investigating two separate shootings that occurred on Vine Street and Des Plaines Street in the past week.

Cesar Guerrero made his statement at a Joliet City Council meeting Tuesday night where he also called on city officials to speak out on an ICE arrest outside City hall.

A Joliet man faces multiple felony weapons charges after allegedly firing a handgun from a vehicle on Tuesday night, according to police

Closing arguments were held in the case a Joliet man charged with the 2021 first-degree murder of Diego Arriaga, 17, who was found shot to death in the parking lot of Blue Kangaroo laundromat in Joliet.

Federal officials have yet to disclose whether they’ve been involved in reports of immigration enforcement activity in Joliet, including one that was alleged to have occurred at the Will County Courthouse.

The 44-year-old man who suffered multiple stab wounds in Joliet has been hospitalized in serious condition but his injuries are not considered life threatening, police said.

Joliet police detectives have identified a person of interest in the investigation of an armed robbery last Saturday at Circle K gas station.

Joliet city officials and Joliet Junior College are seeking to explore the creation of a public safety institute for the education and training of police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders.

A Kankakee County judge will preside over a lawsuit case filed by the former Joliet mayor who claims he was the victim of a conspiracy that led to his election loss.

What is typically one of the biggest parades in Joliet coincides with the start of a big federal crackdown on illegal immigration coming to Chicago and aimed primarily at Mexicans and other Hispanics.

Federal authorities grabbed two people in Joliet on Thursday, although it’s not clear why, according to local immigrant advocacy groups.

Officers responded to the 500 block of Bellarmine Drive East at 9 p.m. Wednesday for a report of shots fired in a parking lot, Joliet police said,

Joliet Central High School was briefly put on lockdown Thursday morning due to police activity in the surrounding area. Joliet police said the incident involved a suspect who fled during a traffic stop.

A woman testified in court on Thursday she went to the police about the fatal shooting of a Joliet teen after she was told to get rid of the vehicle linked to the incident by a man charged with the teen’s death.

Officers conducting a traffic stop determined a 15-year-old passenger allegedly possessed loaded gun stolen from Alabama, police said.

A Will County judge will decide whether a Joliet man committed first-degree murder or was acting in self-defense during a 2021 incident where a teen was shot and killed.

Two 9 mm bullets were found on the floor of a classroom at Joliet Central High School but officers who responded did not find any weapons or other “concerning items,” school officials said.

A Joliet police spokesman said a man was wanted for a case in Chicago. The specifics of the case and the warrant were "unknown," he said.

A crash on Cass Street Sunday in Joliet has left three people hospitalized, including two in life-threatening condition.

Alfonso Sanchez issued the statement Thursday after the Joliet police board approved his termination this week.

Raymond D. Martinez, 33, was arrested after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle, crashing into another car and briefly prompting nearby schools to go on lockdown, according to Joliet police.

Decision made Monday cites three incidents and previous 75-day suspension. The termination was recommended by Joliet Police Chief William Evans in December.

Joliet police recovered several bullet casings at the scene.

A Joliet man remains at large on charges accusing him of driving under the influence of alcohol in a crash that caused injury to another driver and his 2-year-old daughter.

The City Council votes Tuesday whether to create the position, and city officials said they are already talking with one of the top people in the field for the job.

Joliet police officials are still investigating why a Chicago man on parole from prison chose to burglarize a home occupied by a woman and her baby. The woman shot and killed the man when he broke inside the home.

A 19-year-old driver was issued traffic citations following a crash in Joliet that caused a semitrailer to overturn and spill its large haul of rock, police said.

A Joliet man was sentenced to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of the 2019 first-degree murder of his grandmother by setting her home on fire. 

A Crest Hill man is facing more than 20 felony charges across two cases filed in Will County after he was accused of unlawfully possessing three handguns and baggies containing cocaine and fentanyl. 

No one was hurt during the emergency landing at about 5:14 p.m. near McDonough Street and on the edge of the Inwood Golf Course.