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Joliet West math teacher placed on leave after prosecutors say she broke into house and committed battery

January 17, 2020 at 8:06 p.m.

A Joliet West High School math teacher was placed on administrative leave Wednesday following charges that she and a Crest Hill man broke into the Joliet home of another man...

About 150 people attended a meeting in November as the Joliet City Council gave NorthPoint Development the green light for a 103-acre light industrial development on the south side of the city. Now the company is seeking annexation of 1,300 acres for a $1.2 billion business park.

Northpoint Development seeks annexation agreement with Joliet for $1.2 billion business park

January 17, 2020 at 7:15 p.m.

NorthPoint Development said Friday it is asking Joliet to annex 1,300 acres of land near the south end of the city to accommodate plans for a $1.2 billion business park....

A two-lane bridge on 80th Avenue over Interstate 80 will be part of the Will County widening project of the roadway between 183rd and 191st streets.

Will County OKs quick take authority to purchase property needed to widen 80th Avenue in Frankfort Township

January 16, 2020 at 6:33 p.m.

Will County Board members Thursday approved seeking quick take authority to secure land needed for the widening of 80th Avenue in Frankfort Township and Tinley Park. The county needs land...

Will County Board Member Joe Van Duyne, right, a Wilmington Democrat who heads the board's Public Works and Transportation Committee, talks about the county gas tax.

Will County enacts 4-cent gas tax effective Feb. 1

December 19, 2019 at 4:57 p.m.

Will County residents will start paying a 4-cent per gallon gas tax next year. Will County Executive Larry Walsh cast the tie-breaking vote at Thursday's county board meeting to impose...

Will County Board member Steve Balich, R-Homer Glen, discusses proposed zoning regulations for recreational marijuana facilities.

Will County Board votes to allow marijuana facilities, tax sales

December 31, 2019 at 3:12 p.m.

Will County Board members Thursday voted down a measure to ban cannabis sales in unincorporated areas and approved zoning regulations for grow and retail facilities. The Democrat-controlled county board voted...

Republican primary for Will County executive unopposed as candidate removed from ballot

December 16, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

Only one name will appear on the Republican primary ballot for WIll County executive after one candidate was removed for not collecting enough signatures on his nominating petitions. Michael Messina,...

Will County will vote on whether to allow recreational marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas, including cultivation centers such as this one in Delavan, Illinois.

Will County set to tax marijuana sales, but may ban sales in unincorporated areas

December 12, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

With less than three weeks to go before recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois, Will County Board members are set to decide if they will allow recreational cannabis sales and...

DuPage County Board approves former Naperville member as first woman on county’s zoning board of appeals

December 16, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

DuPage County board members Tuesday appointed the first woman to serve on the county's zoning board of appeals. In a 12-4 vote, the board approved Janice Anderson, a Naperville-area Republican...

Drew Peterson is escorted out of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet on Friday, May 8, 2009.

Former cop and convicted wife-killer Drew Peterson moved from federal prison in Indiana to undisclosed state prison outside of Illinois, officials say

December 11, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

Drew Peterson, the former Bolingbrook cop convicted of killing his third wife and suspected in the disappearance of his fourth, has been transferred from a federal prison in Indiana to...

DuPage County Board discusses ways to curb disparaging comments without censoring the public at meetings

December 10, 2019 at 3:14 p.m.

After hearing a woman make disparaging remarks about minorities at a recent DuPage County Board meeting, member Liz Chaplin Tuesday suggested the board look into the possibility of rules or...

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