Joliet

Joliet residents are expressing concern after the city’s only hospital announced that it would no longer accept pediatric patients in need of overnight care beginning later this week.

St. Joseph Medical Center, under the ownership of California-based Prime Healthcare since last month, said the change takes effect on April 25.

A fallen solider from Joliet was laid to rest today, one of four men who died in a training exercise last month

A firefighter was hurt as a fire tore through a Joliet manufacturing plant, as Courtney Sisk reports.

A massive fire destroyed a manufacturing facility in unincorporated Joliet early this morning, leaving behind a collapsed roof, persistent hot spots, and one firefighter injured, Courtney Sisk reports from the scene.

Fire officials said multiple explosions could be heard as crews from dozens of agencies worked to put out a large fire in suburban Joliet.

Fire officials said multiple explosions could be heard as crews from dozens of agencies worked to put out a large fire in suburban Joliet that left at least one firefighter injured.

Smoke could be seen for miles as a massive blaze burned at a commercial building in Joliet Monday. Jenn Schanz reports.

A confirmed case of tuberculosis at a Joliet high school earlier this week was the second in the Chicago area this month, leaving many to wonder if they should be cautious about the disease often associated with outbreaks from generations ago.

Officials in suburban Joliet have confirmed a student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent days.

An Army sergeant from Joliet was among four U.S. soldiers who were found dead in Lithuania a week after they went missing in an armored vehicle during a training exercise.

The family of a fallen U.S. Army soldier who was killed in a training exercise in Lithuania is speaking out. Telemundo Chicago’s Jorge DeSantiago reports.

Some Joliet residents were under a shelter-in-place order Wednesday morning due to an “active incident,” according to a post from the Joliet Police Department.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting late Saturday night in Joliet that left three people wounded, according to police.

A handwritten letter from her son is a beacon of light during a painful, dark, time for Debbie Lofdahl of Joliet. “He was the life of the party. He was just having a good old time. He was a throwback from the 50s,” she said. “My dad and mom helped me raise the kids and, so they were always with…

A mother who lost her son said Meta made changes to his Facebook page without her knowledge or permission.

A 6-year-old boy visiting his father for spring break was driving an ATV in Joliet, his family said, when a tragic accident occurred, killing him. “He was an angel,” his grandmother said. “He came to us to make everybody happy.”

Six-year-old Jason Alvarado was riding an ATV down a suburban Chicago sidewalk with a friend when an unexpected tragedy occurred that took the young boy’s life.

The accident happened just after 5 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Mission Boulevard in Joliet, police said.

A 6-year-old boy was killed in an ATV crash after the vehicle, which was being driven by an 8-year-old boy, struck a tree in Joliet.