Carter Prochaska struck out 13 in six innings to lead Plainfield Central to an 11-3 Southwest Prairie Conference baseball victory against Joliet Central. Plus more results in softball and girls lacrosse in Monday's prep roundup.

When Peggy McEvilly-Reed talked to her Uncle Bob McEvilly for his birthday Nov. 14, she said he told her, “One month from today, I’m going to be watching you on TV.”

The Joliet-area Big Hearted Bikers organization is hosting a spaghetti dinner on Friday night to help a fellow biker with his medical bills.

Holidays can be an especially rough time for people struggling with addiction and/or behavioral health

Dozens of Will County athletes signed with NCAA colleges on signing day

Fifteen area schools still remain in the hunt for playoff berths, with 10 of those completely secure in the knowledge that they will be in the 256-team field when it is announced Saturday night.

A Joliet police officer who was arrested twice last year on domestic battery charges has been recommended for firing, according to a personnel order obtained by The Herald-News.

A 19-year-old woman was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on Joliet’s east side in March.

A 28-year-old Joliet man died over the weekend after an apparent shooting in Romeoville.

On Tuesday, Will County Judge Daniel Kennedy found officer Nicholas Crowley, 37, not guilty of reckless discharge of a firearm.

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A Coal City man charged with shooting and killing his bartender girlfriend pleaded not guilty at his first court appearance Monday.

The project has been in the works since at least October 2015, when a developer approached the city of Joliet with plans that included the warehouse.