Fire officials encourages Manhattan residents to follow these several tips so that doing laundry can remain a safe and worry-free routine.
Will County residents are reporting being sent a debit card for unemployment benefits although they never filed an unemployment claim.
Manhattan fire officials advise community members not to click any links if they receive a text message seen in the link below.
According to the Will County Emergency Agency, there is one cooling center in Manhattan.
According to the police department, there have been no specific threats to locations within Manhattan at this time.
The victim suffered from multiple lacerations, broken ribs, a collapsed lung and possible internal bleeding.
Chester Cleveland, who was a 40-year employee at Whitaker Grain, was cleaning out the bin near Manteno when he fell in.
A woman was charged after police said they found an AR-15 in her trunk and a handgun in the drawer in a toddler's booster seat.
An owner of one of the horses that died told Patch the barn's owner is a remarkable horse caretaker who puts others' needs before his own.
Police said out of all of the reports taken, only one car had its doors locked.
Laura Schmersahl, of Bourbonnais, died at 6:51 p.m. Monday at the Silver Cross Intensive Care Unit.
Both drivers involved in the crash were taken to Silver Cross Hospital with serious injuries, police said.
The man chased the child in his pick-up truck, ran over the child's bicycle and threatened to kill the juvenile, a petition states.
The accident involved two vehicles, and the drivers of one of the cars has died.
Police say the fake goods salesman claims he's made more than $1 million selling the items over the past three years. DHS is investigating.
The car was traveling southbound on I-57 when it drove off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.
The Will County Sheriff's Office will conduct a Labor Day traffic safety campaign, starting Aug. 16 and ending Sept. 3.
Will County Sheriff's Office reports through June 3.
Multiple witnesses called police to report the incident on Saturday night.
The owner told police the loss is $1.5 million from the fire.
Markel was on a motorcycle and was involved in a crash with a vehicle at Cedar and Pauling roads in Manhattan Township, the coroner said.
Police said the man has been identified and detectives are working the case with the man's cooperation.
The man was seen on surveillance video driving onto a property in Manhattan where something was stolen.
Special patrols will arrest impaired drivers and encourage use of seat belts.
One person was injured Saturday night in a traffic crash at Route 52 and Foxford Drive,; police said.
A woman paid Adam Gleason $4,000 for a fence installation in October 2018 but he didn't perform the installation, according to a complaint.
Brian Kestel, 38, was charged with aggravated battery and criminal trespassing on Feb. 23.
A 49-year-old New Lenox man was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck early Tuesday.
The department will be diving in Leisure Lakes in Joliet at 21900 SW Frontage Road, at 12 p.m. on March 9.
The new chief of the Manhattan Fire Protection District has been a firefighter for 17 years.
Kaitlyn Ray and Joseph Williams have joined the local police department.
A neighbor's quick-thinking and police officer's heroic actions led to the rescue of a woman from a house that caught fire on Faraday Road.
Dayna Chidester faces several charges of aggravated sexual abuse after police arrested her at her home in Manhattan.
Manhattan police are investigating a recent hit-and-run that occurred in the village.
Find out where the registered sex offenders are living in Manhattan before the kids go out trick or treating.
Four men entered a home in rural Monee Township Monday morning and stole phones and cash from an elderly couple, police said.
A 7-year-old boy accidentally shot his cousin with a rifle during a family party in Monee earlier this month.
Three people suffered serious injuries in the 2-vehicle accident Sunday.
Police in Monee are warning anyone who has used the ATM in front of the restaurant near I-57 in recent weeks.
Residents of a downtown Manhattan building have been evacuated for the second time in two months after another car crash.