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Officials say 111 of the 158 residents at a South Shore assisted-living facility have tested positive for coronavirus. The Symphony Care Network, who operates the facility, announced the test results in collaboration with University of Chicago Medicine on Tuesday evening. According to the company, preliminary results indicate that 111 patients at the facility tested positive for the virus. The company’s…

Will County and the city of Joliet officials are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health to investigate the Symphony of Joliet nursing home, where 23 people died after contracting coronavirus. NBC 5’s Katie Kim reports.

An outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in the deaths of 22 residents at a nursing home in suburban Joliet, officials say. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

An officer of the Joliet Police Department has contracted the coronavirus — the first employee of the department to test positive for the disease.

April 1 briefing: Dr. Ngozi Ezike with the Illinois Department of Public Health addresses another rise in coronavirus cases as the state’s death toll climbs over 100.

An employee at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in suburban Joliet has tested positive for the coronavirus, but the company has no plans to close the facility at this time. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed this week that a worker has tested positive, but is no longer on site. “We are supporting the individual who is recovering,” Amazon spokesman Timothy Carter wrote…

Two men were shot to death early Wednesday while riding in a vehicle in southwest suburban Joliet. Officers responded to a shooting about 12:50 a.m. and found an SUV with the driver slumped over the wheel at Chicago Street and 5th Avenue, Joliet police said in a statement. Tracy Williams, 45, and Bernard H. Marble, 53, were both found with…

Police in Joliet say three men accused of stealing items from vehicles were found snoozing and wearing masks inside one of the cars Sunday in the southwest suburb. Ed Lewis, 18, Dequan Wayne-Deon Kohnke, 23, and 22-year-old Montee Simpson Jr. are each charged with possession of stolen property, according to Joliet police. Lewis is also charged with burglary to a…

Joliet police have arrested three men after they allegedly robbed a Verizon Wireless store and tied up the store’s employees. Officers responded to a hold up alarm at the Verizon Wireless store in the 2900 block of W. Jefferson St. around 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, according to a press release. Two of the suspects took numerous iPhones, iPads, and cash…

Multiple men were caught on camera stealing a puppy from a pet store in suburban Joliet Monday. At around 3:53 p.m., three men walked into the Furry Babies Joliet pet store, which is located inside the Louis Joliet Mall, and headed toward a French Bulldog puppy. Surveillance video posted on the pet store’s Facebook page shows one of the...

Multiple men were caught on camera stealing a puppy from a pet store in suburban Joliet Monday.

A man accused of spraying Lysol on produce and other products inside a suburban Illinois Walmart while wearing a medical mask and a sign on his back that read “Caution I have the Coronavirus” has been charged, authorities said. Tyler Wallace, 19, of Joliet, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass to property, disorderly conduct and retail theft, authorities said…

A masked man sprayed Lysol on produce and other products inside a suburban Illinois Walmart while wearing a sign on his back that read “Caution I have the Coronavirus,” authorities said. Police in Joliet were called to a Walmart in the 1400 block of Route 59 after two suspects entered the store and one of them put on a yellow…

Walmart estimated the loss of the produce to be more than $7,300 with additional cleanup costs at over $2,400.

A man who died in Joliet police custody allegedly had a medical emergency after officers found a bag of cocaine hidden in his mouth, police say. Officers arrested the 38-year-old man Tuesday afternoon on drug-related charges, Joliet police said in a statement. When officers arrived at the police station at 4:17 p.m., the man refused to exit the squad car,…

The Joliet City Council has approved a deal to make the old Joliet women’s prison into a haunted attraction later this year. The council approved a plan from a company known as “Thirteenth Floor” which would renovate the former women’s prison, located on Collins Street across from the main prison, for an opening in plenty of time for Halloween....

Authorities say a suburban Chicago police officer was charged with driving under the influence in connection with a crash on Interstate 55 early Sunday that killed an officer from another suburban police department. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A southwest suburban man allegedly threatened a Will County employee after he got upset about his polling place being relocated.

Joliet police are investigating a series of overdoses this week that could be linked to cocaine laced with fentanyl.