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During the crash, the truck driver’s trailer was ripped open and 16 of the 33 cattle he was hauling were thrown onto the expressway.

A truck driver under the influence of drugs crashed on Interstate 80 Tuesday afternoon, letting more than a dozen cattle he was hauling loose on the expressway near Joliet, according to police.

Illinois State Police have responded to a semi-truck crash that left more than a dozen cattle roaming Interstate 80 near Joliet.

A crash involving multiple semi-trucks on Interstate 80 in suburban Will County has led to road closures and left cattle loose on the expressway, officials say.

Joliet police shot and wounded a man who ran from officers after a traffic stop and refused to drop his gun Wednesday night, authorities said.

Prisoners at an Illinois Department of Corrections facility in Joliet suffer through nightmare living conditions, with rat-infested cells, rotten food and raw sewage overflowing into common areas, a lawsuit says.

One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting Tuesday evening in Joliet.

Police in Joliet are investigating a shooting that occurred near Louis Joliet Mall Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

Even as medical professionals at a suburban hospital deal with the daily challenge of a surge in COVID cases, several hundred nurses say they’re being underpaid after a ransomware attack on the company that handles their paychecks. Natalie Martinez has the story.

A Joliet man suspected of drunk driving caused a crash that injured his child, and then took the boy to a store where he dropped him off following the collision, according to law enforcement.

Joliet police say they are investigating a shooting that took place in a Walmart parking lot Thursday evening.

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Two people were fatally shot and more than a dozen others sustained injured when shots erupted early Sunday at a Halloween party in Joliet Township. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Fourteen years after her disappearance, investigators searched a body of water in Will County on Tuesday for the remains of Stacy Peterson, the fourth wife of convicted killer Drew Peterson. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

Fourteen years after her disappearance, investigators searched a body of water in Will County on Tuesday for the remains of Stacy Peterson, the fourth wife of convicted killer Drew Peterson.

After authorities searched a Lockport canal Tuesday afternoon as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, her sister, Cassandra Cales, spoke alongside the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“Today was a search for possible human remains that I have basically devoted my life to,” Cassandra Cales, Stacy Peterson’s sister, told reporters after the search ended. The location of the search marked the same water Cales reported her missing sister’s body was located in in 2018. At the time, Cales said she had sonar images to prove she...

Authorities were seen searching a Joliet canal Tuesday afternoon, the same canal where the sibling of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson claimed her sister’s body had been found, sources close to the investigation told NBC Chicago.

Authorities were seen searching a Joliet canal Tuesday afternoon, the same canal where the sibling of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson claimed her sister’s body had been found years ago, sources close to the investigation told NBC Chicago.