The funding from the Nature Foundation of Will County’s will support the forest preserve district's preservation, conservation, education and recreation priorities.

Joliet Central High School has announced that history teacher Erica Senffner has received the Frederick D. Drake History Teacher Alumni Award from Illinois State University.

Candidates must have at least 15 years of leadership experience in a major park and recreation agency or serve as a respected educator in the field. They must also demonstrate exceptional service through writing, speaking, and leadership.

The combined St. Anne and St. Ambrose parish in Crest Hill has announced that it will be getting a new name in October in honor of the first millenial saint.

Volunteers can help maintain lakes and creeks at Will County forest preserves during a the National Public Lands Day observation on Saturday, Sept. 27.

Silver Cross Hospital's second reunion of graduates of the Amy, Matthew and Jay Vana Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the babies’ immediate families also marked the third anniversary of Silver Cross’s NICU, the first and only Level III NICU in Will County.

On Saturday morning, Joliet Fire Department was en route to the 700 block of West Jefferson Street in Joliet in response to an automatic fire alarm activation when dispatch received additional calls of a building on fire.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County is throwing a free party for the pelicans that stop by McKinley Woods preserve as they migrate south this fall.

To prepare for the reopening, lane closures will begin at 8 p.m. Thursday on eastbound I-80 between Houbolt Road and Larkin Avenue.