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. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern 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.

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.

A college basketball player says she was brutally attacked by a bar owner in what her attorney says is a “hate crime.” NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports

A man wanted for breaking into a Joliet home with an axe in February was arrested in southern California. Allen Gillaspie, of Washington state, allegedly used the axe to break through the rear glass door of a home in the 3500 block of Pandola Avenue, Joliet police said in a statement. In the Feb. 5 incident, a resident inside the…

A Joliet man was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly barricaded himself inside his ex-girlfriend’s home with her three children in the southwest suburb.

Some nursing homes in Illinois are beginning to ease restrictions allowing people to visit their loved ones indoors for the first time since the pandemic began. Robert Hernandez said he was one of the first visitors allowed in at Sunny Hill Nursing Home in Joliet to see his 97-year-old aunt.

Robert Hernandez was finally able to hug his 97-year-old aunt again after the two had to remain socially distant for over a year. NBC 5’s Vi Ngyuen reports

A suburban trucking facility project got some support from residents on Wednesday, as they circled the Thompson Center with a noisy and vocal rally supporting the project. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the details.

A 35-year-old Chicago man was arrested last week after asking police for directions while allegedly driving a car he’d stolen minutes earlier.