Felix Sarver

A special prosecutor dropped a driving under the influence charge against a Will County sheriff's deputy who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor speeding.

A formerly homeless veteran who served overseas in Iraq credited the Family and Friends Homeless Veterans Program in Joliet with helping him get his life back together.

The cause and manner of the death of a 12-year-old girl last spring in Joliet has been deemed undetermined, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office report.

A Homer Glen father and mother are facing a felony charge of endangering the life and health of a 2-year-old child who died after becoming “unresponsive” in a residence containing garbage and evidence of drug use, police said.

In the wake of the killing of a Chicago police officer, Will County's state's attorney said lawmakers should close a “loophole” with the SAFE-T Act. Supporters of the law said his solution won't improve safety.

Attorneys for a Crestwood man convicted of killing a Lockport woman and their 14-month-old child in 2020 are claiming constitutional violations should grant him a new trial. A judge may rule on the motion on Dec. 19.

A Will County judge blocked the jail release of a Homer Glen father with a trust fund charged with endangering his 2-year-old child who died from a suspected overdose death in a “million-dollar home” that was completely trashed.

A sexual predator has been charged with going to Joliet West High School to pick up a 16-year-old girl and he's accused of engaging in sexual acts with her, according to Will County prosecutors.

A lawsuit claims an asthmatic inmate at the “notoriously old and dilapidated” Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill died from the extreme negligence of staff after he was placed in a “dangerously hot cell.”

A suspect described as a “Grinch” by the Joliet Slammers stole Christmas reindeer decor valued at $45,000 from a baseball stadium in Joliet, police said.