Joliet

An elderly man from suburban Joliet died Wednesday morning after lightning struck his home, starting a fire spotted by neighbors.

A man was found fatally shot Saturday night in suburban Joliet, according to Joliet police.

A new Portillo’s restaurant opening in suburban Joliet will offer its classic Chicago favorites solely by pick-up or delivery.

A man died after driving into a retention pond Thursday in suburban Joliet.

A 2-year-old child has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a home in Joliet, police said Wednesday.

A boy was found shot and killed behind a laundromat in Joliet Saturday morning, according to authorities.

A former Joliet teacher, who was accused of engaging in “inappropriate communication with a minor,” has been released on bond following his hospitalization, authorities said.

A man was killed, and a second man seriously hurt, in a crash Friday in suburban Joliet.

A former Joliet teacher, who was accused of engaging in “inappropriate communication with a minor” did not fulfill employment requirements at St. Joseph Catholic School in Lockport, the Diocese of Joliet said Friday.

A man wanted in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash in Joliet last August was in custody Friday in Cook County and awaiting transport to Will County.

A man wanted in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash in Joliet last August was in custody Friday in Cook County and awaiting transport to Will County. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Lion Electric Company, an electric vehicle manufacturer based in Canada, has announced plans to build the company’s first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday.

Lion Electric Company, an electric vehicle manufacturer based in Canada, has announced plans to build the company’s first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A former Joliet grade school teacher, who was accused of engaging in “inappropriate communication with a minor” and was subsequently criminally charged, has been hospitalized, according to law enforcement.

Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in a wrong-way crash in southwest suburban Joliet. A 22-year-old South Carolina man was driving a van east on Route 6 about 1 a.m. when he veered into oncoming traffic near Hollywood Boulevard and hit a sedan head-on, Joliet police said. The sedan rolled over off the road, and a 30-year-old man…

Joliet police on Friday were searching for a teacher who was accused of misconduct with a child after investigators say he showed up at a McDonald’s to meet an individual he thought was a 15-year-old boy. Jeremy Hylka, 44, was charged with traveling to meet a child and grooming. According to police, Hylka had been communicating online with a man…

Police in Joliet on Friday were searching for a teacher who has been charged with misconduct involving a child. NBC C 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A former Catholic school teacher in the southwest suburbs has been charged after a video surfaced showing him ‘engaged in inappropriate communication with a minor.”

A former Catholic school teacher in the southwest suburbs has been charged after a video surfaced showing him ‘engaged in inappropriate communication with a minor.” NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Interstate 55 was shut down Friday afternoon due to a reported multi-vehicle crash in Joliet, authorities said.