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Andy Sauder was sworn in Monday night as a East Dundee Village Board trustee, a job he will hold until the spring 2023 election.

Andresen steps down after candidate supported by both trustees and mayor chosen to fill East Dundee board vacancy

December 7, 2021 at 5:54 p.m.

The East Dundee Village Board Monday welcomed its newest member, ending a months-long controversy over a trustee seat that no one sought election to in April. Andy Sauder, 44, was...

The attorney for Barry Lee Whelpley, a 76-year-old Minnesota man charged with the stabbing death of a 15-year-old Naperville girl in 1972, is seeking to keep evidence and statements collected by the Naperville Police Department prior to his July arrest out of court proceedings.

Judge rejects attorney’s motion to keep items found during search out of trial for man accused in 1972 teen’s murder

December 2, 2021 at 6:23 p.m.

A Will County judge denied a motion Thursday that sought to block prosecutors from using items seized during a search of a Minnesota man's home prior to his June arrest...

Harvey police investigate Tuesday exchange of gun fire outside Thornton High School; report no injuries

November 24, 2021 at 2:07 p.m.

Harvey police are investigating a shooting that occurred outside Thornton High School at dismissal time Tuesday, though no one was injured. Students and staff were ushered into the school buildings...

Joseph Messina, 33, New Lenox, stands behind the defense table Tuesday at the Will County courthouse. A jury convicted him on two counts of aggravated battery for his role in a 2009 Mokena bar fight.

Will County jury convicts New Lenox man for second time in 2009 Mokena bar brawl

November 23, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

A Will County jury on Tuesday found a New Lenox man guilty a second time of a 2009 attack outside a Mokena bar that left a man paralyzed and unable...

Joseph Messina, of New Lenox, sits Monday at the defense table in the Will County courthouse in Joliet before closing arguments in his second trial in connection with a bar fight in Mokena that left Eric Bartels of Tinley Park paralyzed.

Jury deliberating in second trial of New Lenox man charged in 2009 Mokena bar fight

November 22, 2021 at 6:05 p.m.

Attorneys for a New Lenox man facing prosecution a second time for a 2009 attack outside a Mokena bar told jurors Monday that prosecutors did not provide enough evidence to...

Volunteers carry trees into the tennis courts at West Dundee's Grafelman Park Saturday in advance of the Sunday opening of the Dundee Township Lions Club's annual Christmas tree sale. More than 40 people volunteered to help unload and set up the trees.

Grafelman Park becomes holiday wonderland of Christmas trees being sold by the Dundee Township Lions Club

November 20, 2021 at 11:36 a.m.

West Dundee's Grafelman Park transformed from play area to Christmas tree lot Saturday as the Dundee Township Lions Club set up for the club's annual Christmas tree sale. In what...

Police guard the scene of a mass shooting with two fatalities and over a dozen injuries on the 1000 block of E. Jackson Street, looking north from Grinton Street, on Oct. 31, 2021 in Joliet.

Joliet shooting: 2 dead identified after attack that left more than a dozen others injured at Halloween party

November 1, 2021 at 8:44 a.m.

A Halloween party in Joliet Township turned deadly as gunmen opened fire on partygoers shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, killing a man and a woman in their 20s and...

Andresen offers to step down from East Dundee VB — but only if the board and mayor can agree on his successor

October 29, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

Trustee Scott Andresen says he will step down from the East Dundee Village Board if village President Jeff Lynam and trustees can agree on a replacement. In April's election, three...

Sheriff’s office investigating Thursday morning shooting in Homer Glen

October 28, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

The Will County sheriff's office is investigating a shooting that occurred early Thursday morning at a Homer Glen gas station. Deputies were called to the station on the 14100 block...

Woman, 23, charged with first-degree murder, accused of suffocating newborn

October 26, 2021 at 2:24 p.m.

A 23-year-old woman who has been charged with killing her newborn son searched on her phone for information on "how to kill and conceal a dead baby" and was trying...

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