The 2,450-square-foot restaurant offers 60 seats for indoor dining. Customers can order ahead online at zaxbys.com and through the Zaxbys app for curbside pickup.

This annual adults-only night of entertainment, dinner, games and live and silent auctions will support the St. Mary Immaculate Parish School community.

Real estate news: A 3,485-square-foot single-family home in Plainfield, built in 2005, has changed hands.

Real estate news: The 3,594-square-foot Plainfield house, built in 2005, was sold for $706,000

Each monthly Coffee with Cappel serves as an open forum for community members to engage in informal conversations with the senator.

The single-family house located at 16127 Gamay Drive in Plainfield was sold on Jan. 7, for $765,000, or $157 per square foot.

Joliet and Plainfield police apprehended two 19-year-old suspects in a home invasion that turned violent Sunday morning.

Menards stores in Grundy, Kendall and Will counties are taking donations for area food pantries now through the month of March.

Don Wachter has become known as Bearman for the costume he wears to each Bears game. He will be back at Soldier Field for Sunday’s NFC playoff game.

The single-family home located at 12840 Shenandoah Trail in Plainfield was sold on Jan. 2, for $675,000, or $197 per square foot.

DuPage County Judge Joshua Dieden has granted the state’s motion to deny pre-trial release for Deion Kidd, 30, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney Office.

A 2,107-square-foot single-family house, built in 1994, has changed hands.

Potential buyers can attend a public preview from 3 to 6 p.m. Jan. 13 at the former restaurant to inspect the auction items before bidding. More information is at Grafe Auction’s website, grafeauction.com.

Chad Feldotto replaces former executive director Tom Betsinger, who was charged last July with allegedly attempting to run over a person with his pickup truck in Yorkville and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Aces, a new highly-themed cannabis dispensary, is set to open in Plainfield in the coming weeks.

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Don Wachter has become known as the Bearman for the costume that he wears to each Bears home game. Topping off the costume is a bear-head hat.

The Plainfield Fire Protection District responded to a fatal, single-car crash Friday morning near County Line Road and Route 126.

The 2,783-square-foot home, built in 1997, was sold for $549,900

Kendall Area Transit provides scheduled transportation services to any individual with a focus on seniors, individuals with disabilities and those otherwise unable to transport themselves.

Baxter & Woodman engineering firm will use software to assess the village’s entire 360-mile pedestrian network

Hollywood Casino Joliet’s Gala Giveaway is valued at $60,000.

The nonprofit organization has been located at 23907 W. Industrial Drive for more than 10 years. Wags 2 Wishes rescues abandoned, abused and sick animals and helps find new homes for them.

The single-family residence located at 24718 Kingston Street in Plainfield was sold on Dec. 18, 2025, for $650,000, or $201 per square foot.

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The 3,285-square-foot Plainfield home, built in 2001, was sold for $625,000

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The lawsuit was filed in Will County Circuit Court on behalf of Thomas Kirchner's family. OSHA is investigating the incident, according to a release.

There’s still time left to donate to Kendall Area Transit’s “Adopt-A-Rider Fundraiser,” helping “open doors for those who are simply unable to afford transportation.”The fundraiser runs through Dec.31.

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Village trustees have approved landmark status for the 1888 house, located at 23822 W. Lockport St. It has been in the same family since its construction.

These 10 stories defined conversations around dinner tables, dominated social media feeds, and shaped how residents see their corner of Illinois during 2025

Police from local communities hosted Shop With a Cop events in Lockport, Plainfield, and Bolingbrook over the past week allowing children in need to shop for Christmas.

This year, the Plainfield Lions assisted 192 families and more than 1,000 people in the Plainfield area with $61,500 in Jewel gift cards.

At the Dec. 15 Plainfield Village Board meeting, trustees unanimously approved a design engineering contract with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. for $88,780. Funding for the design of the traffic signal will come from the village’s capital improvement fund.

A single-family home in Plainfield that sold for $1.13 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Will County over the past week.

The house, now uninhabitable, was without electricity, and the candle was being used for light, according to the Plainfield Fire Protection District.

A 3,670-square-foot single-family home, built in 2003, has changed hands.

The new boundaries mean students in several subdivisions in Plainfield School District 202 will attend a new high school starting in the 2026-2027 school year because of current and projected overcrowding at Plainfield North High School.

For all of those years of giving and sharing, Troy School District 30-C recently honored Robyn Apgar with its “Troy High-Five Award.”

At the Dec. 15 Plainfield Village Board meeting, trustees unanimously approved an ordinance increasing water and sewer fees. This is the first increase since Feb. 1, 2021.

At the Dec. 15 Plainfield Village Board meeting, village trustees unanimously approved an ordinance assessing a $500 administrative fee to the registered owner of any vehicle that flees or attempts to flee from a Plainfield police officer.

At the Dec. 17 Plainfield School Board meeting, board members are set to vote on changes to the high school student attendance boundaries.

The 3,446-square-foot home, built in 1994, was sold for $1.13 million

The 2025 Pierce Pumper comes equipped with a 750-gallon water tank and a 1,500-gallon-per-minute pump.

A single-family home in Naperville that sold for $1.14 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Will County during the past week

Business, government and leaders and residents agree Will County needs more housing, more diverse housing and housing that’s affordable. County leaders are exploring solutions to the growing problem.

The Black Road Branch drive-thru window will open on Dec. 22 and the Joliet Public Library's downtown branch is fully open.

Although Will County is one of the top producers of single-family homes in Illinois, some population groups struggle to find any housing to fit their needs and budgets.

A Plainfield man is facing misdemeanor charges after he was accused of threatening a family member with a knife, crashing his vehicle into a light pole and yelling at someone while waving a firearm.