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Some Will County restaurants say they will defy new COVID-19 restrictions: ‘We’re not on a fair playing field’

October 23, 2020 at 6:56 a.m.

As restaurants in Will County face another round of COVID-19 restrictions shutting down indoor dining and bar service beginning Friday, some took to Facebook to tell customers their dining rooms...

Joliet police sergeant is charged with misconduct for allegedly illegally accessing video of drug arrest

October 21, 2020 at 6:59 p.m.

A Joliet police sergeant faces official misconduct charges, accused of illegally accessing a police video of the drug arrest of a man who died hours later. Joliet police Sgt. Javier...

Voters wait in line Monday at New Lenox Village Hall on the first day of early voting at satellite locations in Will County.

Alicia Fabbre/for Daily Southtown, Oct. 19, 2020, early voting New Lenox Village Hall

DuPage sets record on first day of early voting while Will reports lines of voters waiting to cast ballots

October 20, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

The start of expanded early voting this week drew huge crowds in DuPage and Will counties, with both reporting thousands of people casting in-person ballots as mail-in ballots continue to...

An entrance to Highland Park High School is pictured.

Highland Park, Deerfield high schools sticking with remote learning through end of semester

October 20, 2020 at 11:35 a.m.

Students at Deerfield and Highland Park high schools can expect to be in remote learning through the rest of the semester, officials said. Township High School District 113 board members...

Voters wait in line Monday at New Lenox Village Hall on the first day of early voting at satellite locations in Will County.

More than half of mail-in ballots requested in Will County already have been returned as early voting expands

October 20, 2020 at 7:25 a.m.

Theresa Zalud has never voted in an election before but on Monday she was in line at New Lenox Village Hall to make sure she cast her ballot this year....

Matteson school district fires finance director — her third termination since 2008 — who started new Virginia job in July

October 16, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

The Matteson Elementary School District 159 Board voted Oct. 9 to fire a finance director who began a new job in Virginia on July 1, but was still collecting a...

Will County government offices in Joliet.

Southland voters face two contested Will County Board races

October 16, 2020 at 2:00 a.m.

Will County voters in the Southland have two contested county board races on the ballot this fall in an election that could change the makeup of the 26-member board, with...

Will County Clerk Lauren Staley-Ferry feeds a ballot into a tabulator during the Oct. 10 central count of mail-in ballots.

Will County voters to choose auditor, recorder and clerk of circuit court

October 15, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

Will County voters have their choice of Republican and Democrat candidates for auditor, circuit court clerk and recorder of deeds in this fall's election. Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow...

With their dad, Jason Grimes, nearby, brothers Logan Grimes, right, 10, and Wyatt Grimes, 7, play at the Batavia dam on Oct. 8, 2020. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to remove the dam.

Dozens of lives have been lost at dams on Illinois waterways. Now efforts are underway to remove them for safety and the good of the environment.

October 13, 2020 at 6:41 a.m.

A close call at the Batavia dam helped trigger plans for big changes there. In August, a couple on a pontoon boat lost power, floated down the Fox River, and...

Janet Villanueva, who works on the vote-by-mail team in the Will County clerk's office, feeds a ballot into a tabulator Saturday.

Will County holds first central count with about 25,000 mail-in ballots

October 12, 2020 at 2:40 p.m.

The Will County clerk's office held its first central count over the weekend, feeding about 25,000 mail-in ballots into tabulators. Election judges worked Saturday and Sunday, opening vote-by-mail envelopes and...

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