Joliet

Police are looking for a man wanted for an attempted robbery at a fast food restaurant Friday in suburban Joliet.

Joliet Fire Department dive crews were searching for a man who jumped into the Des Plaines River Monday evening in the southern suburb, authorities said.

Officers fatally shot a person in suburban Joliet Tuesday evening, according to police.

Residents of a neighborhood in suburban Joliet recounted a shooting Tuesday evening in which one witness said she saw police shoot a man, hearing more than a dozen gunshots, with another saying she saw officers performing CPR on a person on the ground. Lisa Chavarria reports.

An overturned dump truck has blocked traffic and led to an extensive cleanup effort in suburban Joliet on Tuesday, officials say. According to the latest updates from TrafficNet, access to westbound Interstate 80 is blocked from Chicago Street (US 52/Route 53) due to the crash, which took place Tuesday afternoon. Traffic in both directions is currently blocked from Interstate 80…

Three people were injured, one critically, after a wrong-way driver drove into a funeral procession Wednesday in southwest suburban Joliet. Just after noon, the driver was traveling north at a high rate of speed on Route 53 when they swerved into southbound traffic near Mills Road, Joliet police said. As the driver tried to veer back into the northbound lanes,…

All northbound lanes on Interstate 55 have been reopened Thursday after a semi-truck crash in southwest suburban Joliet shut down traffic for over six hours. The semi was northbound about 7:42 a.m. on I-55 when it overturned after striking a support on Black Road bridge, Illinois State Police said. The truck was hauling cooking oil but there was no spill…

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. wants to sell water from the Indiana city to Joliet in neighboring Illinois

With the second surge of the pandemic, hospitals across Illinois are being overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has details on the situation in south suburban Joliet.

With the second surge of the pandemic, hospitals across Illinois are being overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen has details on the situation in south suburban Joliet.

Some hospitals across Illinois are getting dangerously close or have reached capacity limits when it comes to treating patients for COVID-19. One hospital in the southwest suburbs is treating close to double the number of COVID-19 patients in a matter of weeks. “We’re doing the best that we can but it is extremely stressful nurses are feeling overwhelmed and...

A 16-year-old boy was killed in a crash Monday in suburban Joliet. The teen was on a bicycle about 8:45 a.m. at Rachel Avenue and Illinois Route 53 when he rolled his bicycle in front of a southbound 2007 White GMC truck and was struck by the truck, according to preliminary information from Illinois State Police. The boy was pronounced dead…

All lanes of northbound Interstate 55 are blocked after a crash involving multiple vehicles Wednesday afternoon. According to Illinois State Police, the lanes are blocked after a crash occurred on the northbound side of the interstate in suburban Joliet Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred near the Route 30 exit, near Louis Joliet Mall. Traffic is being diverted off the northbound…

Five people were injured when a house exploded in suburban Joliet on Sunday, authorities say. Sandra Torres reports.

Five people were injured when a house exploded in suburban Joliet on Sunday, authorities say.

Five people were hospitalized after a house exploded in suburban Joliet on Sunday, authorities say. Lexi Sutter reports.

Federal officers have seized 450 fake iPhone cases during an inspection at a facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The counterfeit cases were in a package that originated from Hong Kong and were headed to an Amazon facility in Joliet, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The cases are described as being of poor quality and design. Authorities...

Friends and family of a Joliet man who died hours after he was taken into police custody in January continue to push for answers surrounding his death. Protesters rallied on Sunday in Joliet as friends and family took to the streets to demand answers surrounding Eric Lurry’s death after a controversial video surfaced showing what happened to him in...

Friends and family of Eric Lurry, who died hours after he was taken into police custody in January, continue to push for answers surrounding his death.

A group of nurses in Joilet are now taking their strike into a second week after rejecting an offer from AMITA Health Saint Joseph’s Medical Center. The nurses, who are represented by the Illinois Nurses Association, rejected AMITA’s three-year contract on Saturday, citing a failure by the company to reasonably address issues surrounding short staffing at the hospital, according...