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Hundreds of residents from Will County area rallied in downtown Joliet, 100 W. Jefferson St., as part of a nationwide Hands Off movement to protest the Trump Administration and the policies of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

A Will County obscenity case was dismissed against a Republican political consultant. A defense attorney said the case was "yet another example of a criminal prosecution intended to silence political speech."

Attorneys for a former Plainfield Township landlord convicted of the hate crime murder of a Muslim child want a judge to overturn the jury’s verdict by claiming he did not receive a fair trial and prosecutors made prejudicial statements against him.