Will County Sheriff's deputies apprehended five minors on Friday after the group was caught driving a stolen car.

Will County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a non-lethal shooting in the 200 block of Oscar Avenue.

A 70-year-old woman has died from a crash involving a semitrailer in Will County.

A fugitive’s vehicle struck a Will County Sheriff’s Office squad vehicle during a pursuit but the deputy was not harmed.

Update: The Will County Sheriff’s Office announced that Wilmington-Peotone Road has reopened after being closed following two vehicle accidents Tuesday afternoon.

A Lockport father has been arrested after he was accused of abandoning his child at Joliet Township bar and kicking the child, police said.

One of four men charged with the gang-fueled Joliet Township shooting on Halloween in 2021 has lost his bid to suppress his statements to sheriff’s detectives.

The mystery surrounding the identity of a woman found dead in Will County in 1968 has been resolved, the Will County Coroner’s Office reported this week

A former Plainfield Township landlord who was convicted in February of the 2023 hate crime murder of a Muslim child has died, according to a Will County sheriff official.

A Will County sheriff’s lieutenant who avoided charges over the fatal shooting of a hostage taker who surrendered to police has been fired following an internal investigation of the incident.

Will County reached an $85,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit case that claimed county law enforcement violated Illinois sanctuary laws with the detention of an immigrant who was the key witness of a reckless homicide.

Two businesses in unincorporated Joliet Township were broken into early Wednesday morning. The incidents are thought to be connected and remain under active investigation by the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

A Will County judge ruled there was no actual conflict of interest between the state's attorney's office and a former deputy charged with sex crimes against children.

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force recovered about $750,000 worth of stolen property at a business in Gurnee following a multi-agency investigation that began in Joliet.

A federal appeals court has ruled a Republican challenger to the Will County sheriff can renew his claims that he was denied a promotion to sergeant because he ran against the sheriff.

A Joliet man remains missing since June 27 but police officers have located a vehicle they believe he was driving before he vanished.

A Braidwood man will remain in jail after prosecutors claimed he recklessly fired a gun on the Fourth of July in the direction of Interstate 55.

A Joliet man has been charged with driving under the influence in a Plainfield Township crash that injured a Will County sheriff’s deputy.

CITGO’s Lemont Refinery donated funds to the Will County Sheriff’s Office that will go to support the department’s K-9 Unit.

A Chinese national from California is facing a theft charge in Will County after he was accused of stealing cash from a woman who was the victim of an email scam, police said.

Will County will pay $2.75 million for the dismissal of a federal lawsuit involving a sheriff’s lieutenant who was not charged over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man who initially took hostages at a bank.

A state lawmaker wants the SAFE-T Act repealed after a Will County judge continued the pretrial release of parents charged with the drug-related murder of a child but the law's supporters note the parents have not violated their release conditions.

A 14-year-old boy from Joliet died in Wilmington after he was “reportedly not breathing,” according to police officials.

A Georgia woman has been charged with stealing money by posing as a Will County sheriff’s sergeant and claiming a woman owed money for missing jury duty.

A Homer Glen father and mother face a new charge of first-degree murder that alleged they failed to seek timely medical care for their 2-year-old child who was suffering from a drug overdose that led to their death.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office issued 108 citations during the Memorial Day “Click It or Ticket” enforcement period.

An 11-year-old child was flown to a hospital in Maywood for treatment of his injuries when his electric dirt bike collided with a pickup truck in Joliet. 

A Joliet man has been charged with harassing a witness in a robbery case by offering money and claiming he had recordings that could incriminate the witness, court records show.

A Will County judge allowed the jail release of a man facing a charge of disseminating child sex abuse materials whom a prosecutor said is “actively looking for young girls.”

Will County police departments participated in the annual Torch Run fundraising program for Special Olympics Illinois.

The Trump administration is reported to be slashing a $56 million annual grant program for the training and distribution of Narcan, a nasal spray that is credited with saving lives from opioid overdoses.

A Lockport man pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of a man killed in 2020 in a Joliet shooting as part of plea deal with prosecutors.

A mother whose child was the victim of a 2023 hate crime murder in Plainfield Township reunited with the first responders of the tragedy at the Will County Sheriff’s Office in Joliet. 

An 18-year-old driver died from injuries he suffered in a crash in Joliet Township.

The Trump administration is reported to be slashing a $56 million annual grant program for the training and distribution of Narcan, a nasal spray that is credited with saving lives from opioid overdoses.

A federal judge found the police misconduct claims in a lawsuit over the 2020 in-custody death of Eric Lurry were strong enough for trial and possibly receive a favorable verdict. 

Former Will County correctional officer Daniel Herod has had his case for child sexual abuse continued until June. He remains held in jail.

A Shorewood man’s attorneys in a case linked to a 2024 mass shooting in Joliet is seeking to use artificial intelligence to review and analyze his discovery as he prepares for trial. 

A 30-year-old man is in police custody and a house has been deemed uninhabitable after a domestic disturbance Saturday in Frankfort Township.

A special prosecutor said both parties in the felony theft case against a former CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties are engaged in negotiations.

An employee of Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow’s Office is under investigation for “malfeasance,” according to a spokesman for the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

A defense attorney claims a conflict of interest with the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office means a special prosecutor should be assigned to the case of a former sheriff’s deputy charged with sex crimes.

A Joliet man charged with a violent crime had been released from jail in 2023 on the wrong bond amount by a former Will County sheriff’s deputy, who’s now facing sex crime charges, police records show. 

A Joliet man is accused of hitting a woman following an argument over taxes, firing a gunshot into a garage wall and then driving under the influence of alcohol afterward, according to prosecutors.

A New Lenox resident lost $3,900 after a scammer posing as a police officer called them and claimed they had an arrest warrant.

A Will County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputy now faces a charge of possessing a video of child sex abuse material in addition to charges of predatory sexual assault of a child and criminal sexual assault.

A special prosecutor has been reviewing a case where a Will County Sheriff’s Office correctional deputy was alleged to have used “excessive force while on duty,” court records show.

Will County correctional officer Daniel Herod is still employed, but sheriff's spokesman says office plans to terminate deputy arrested by Homeland Security.

A correctional officer at the Will County jail made his first court appearance on Friday morning on a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child following his arrest in Elwood by federal agents.

John Underwood, 53, of Plainfield, has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault allegedly dating back to 2004. A judge ordered him to remain in jail under the SAFE-T Act.