Shorewood police reports, Oct. 2-5.
Joliet police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a three-vehicle accident on Sunday morning in Kendall County.
Heroin user Amber Neitzel tells of unwittingly using "crocodile," and how it left her body a rank, seeping mess.
Two women claiming to be the first treated for symptoms associated with the ghastly drug “crocodile” revealed their stories, and their wounds.
The allegations in a lawsuit filed Friday against Presence St. Joseph Medical and one of its employee were checked out by the cops last year, a spokeswoman said.
A lawsuit filed against St. Joseph Medical Center and a hospital employee alleges the worker had sex with a psychiatric patient in a shower.
Troy Fire Protection District holds controlled burn on Tuesday afternoon and the plume of smoke could be seen for miles.
Judge orders grandmother charged in murder of 6-month-old granddaughter held without bail.
Newspaper editorial published Friday asserts that Will County Judge Gerald Kinney's ruling "is a very bad call."
Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Radio Television and Digital News Association and National Press Club released statements in support of Patch editor Joe Hosey as he faces jail time and fines for protecting a source.
The FBI has stepped down as lead investigator on the case, turning it back to local law enforcement. Seven people died from cyanide-laced Tylenol in the Chicago area.
A Joliet teen was found guilty of killing two in an October gun attack.
A Joliet teen charged with murdering two and wounding a third faced the sister of one of the dead men in court.
Trying to make sense of the legal issues behind the reporter's privilege case
Prosecutors want to tell the jury in Sjolante Crowder's murder case that he's an admitted gang member but must still convince a judge they should be allowed to.
Community newspaper reporter John Gabriel appeared in federal court but was returned to custody without a bond.
Tempers flared during the trial of a Joliet teen charged with killing two men and wounding a third in an October gun attack.
A Joliet man beat a "severely mentally impaired" relative to death with a wooden chair slat, a prosecutor said.
A jury took two hours to find a Plainfield man guilty of murdering his girlfriend's baby.
Defense attorney Joseph "Shark" Lopez said the case against a Plainfield man charged with killing a baby is full of holes, but prosecutors countered that the evidence makes him the murderer.
Francis Zabala was arrested by Joliet police early this morning. The victim, who died Saturday, has not been identified.
Inhalants not covered under aggravated DUI statutes, says lawyer raising constitutional questions in case involving a 5-year-old's death.
John Gabriel's bond hearing began Monday in federal court and will resume Wednesday.
A forensic pathologist testified at a Plainfield man's murder trial that the baby he allegedly killed was beaten four to eight hours prior to dying.
Sjolante Crowder. Credit: Will County Sheriff's Department
A murder trial that ran through the entire week and has yet to wrap up featured puzzling allegations and unanswered questions.
A man suing Hollywood Casino claims security staff hurt him when they threw him to the ground.
A man charged with murdering his girlfriend's baby withstood a lengthy interrogation by detectives and insisted he was innocent.
Patch Media immediately appeals judge's ruling.
The mother of a baby beaten to death in 2008 said she continued her relationship with the man charged with killing her child because she "wanted to find out what happened."
A dead baby's broken ribs, fractured skull and numerous bruises were inflicted intentionally, a doctor testified Wednesday.
Former Will County Board Member Kathleen Konicki has subpoenaed the county executive and email messages to and from the state's attorney, a judge and others for her case against a man who says he "might have" once possessed nude photographs of her.
The attorney for a Plainfield man charged with murdering a baby said the cops arrested his client because he was "the last man standing."
Patch Editor Joe Hosey should not face jail time for refusing to turn over a source on his murder coverage, says National SPJ.
The defense attorneys for a man charged with killing his girlfriend's baby want to tell the jury that the couple carried on sexually for nearly two years after the child's death.
The feds have charged community newspaperman John Gabriel with manufacturing child pornography in addition to obstructing justice.
The lawyer for one of the four alleged Nightmare on Hickory Street killers requested he be allowed to attend his grandfather's wake but was denied.
Josh Fabio says in lawsuit that Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas also forced him to mail a porn DVD to another officer before pushing him out of his job.
Community newspaperman John Gabriel was arrested by the FBI Thursday morning.