Shorewood police reports, Dec. 20 to Jan. 9.
The felon hired by Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas and promoted to courthouse security services coordinator had no fingerprints on file with the state and got positive recommendations from the former Summit police chief and a lieutenant.
Carmen Aguirre twice asked the two middle-school students to get into his SUV before they asked a resident to call for help, Joliet police said.
Former Will County Chief Judge Rodney Lechwar's son caught another heroin case.
Check out who's been charged with driving under the influence this week.
Hazardous conditions on a gravel road prevented Plainfield Fire Protection District trucks from reaching the bus after it slid into a ditch.
Roberto Gonzalez, 21, told his 15-year-old victim on Facebook that he was 17, Joliet police said.
Americans traveling to the Games this year should be vigilant of their surroundings, officials said.
A truck driver rolled his semi while going from eastbound Interstate 80 to northbound Interstate 55 near Joliet, Illinois State Police said.
The families of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover held a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of their deaths.
Shorewood police reports, Dec. 6-22.
Firefighters responded to the 131st Street blaze at around 6:30 a.m.
The suspect put employees in a closet before making off with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Joliet business.
Jason Hagerstrom, of Joliet, admitted his sexual contact with the victim began when she was 6 years old.
David Garcia is also believed to have been reaching for a box cutter when he was arrested early Saturday, cops said.
Shorewood police reports, Dec. 1-8.
Corey Copeland was also charged with violating his parole from previous convictions of burglary and theft, Joliet police said.
Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas refused to discuss whether his courthouse services coordinator—who committed suicide last week—had pleaded guilty to felonies he committed when he was a Summit police officer.
Shorewood police reports, Nov. 26-30.
Shaniqua Pruitt was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a child.
Joliet police obtained a search warrant to go into Claude Turner's home, where they recovered crack cocaine and a loaded gun, Capt. Tab Jensen said.
We looked at stories from across America in the year since the shootings at Sandy Hook School to try to illustrate the scale of the problem.
Relatives of two young men strangled to death in January accused one of the alleged killers of courtroom misbehavior.
The Stateville Correctional Center inmate who fell to his death Thursday has been identified.
A prisoner at Stateville Correctional Center jumped to his death from the fifth floor of a cell house.
Shorewood police reports, Nov. 26-28.
Here's the guy selling alleged Nightmare on Hickory Street murderer Bethany McKee's letters, among other things.
Shorewood police reports, Nov. 22-23.
The website "Dark Vomit's True Crime" is selling three letters supposedly penned by alleged Nightmare on Hickory Street killer Bethany McKee.
A 37-year-old man allegedly shoots his own mother and then turns the gun on himself, according to multiple news reports.
Report from the scene: One officer save another's life by taking quick action.
People were injured, including a police officer, according to reports.
Joliet police are looking for a man who stole six Xbox One controllers from Walmart.