Joliet police sergeant killed in off-duty crash near Beecher
Joliet Police confirmed Sgt. Hollis Weller, 47, died in a crash on Friday in southeastern Will County.
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Joliet Police confirmed Sgt. Hollis Weller, 47, died in a crash on Friday in southeastern Will County.
Joliet police said a 5-year-old was critically when an 8-year-old relative got ahold of a gun in a home overnight.
Force is fueled by her historic run in Charlotte, North Carolina last month when she shattered the top fuel speed record at over 340 mph.
The motorsports legend will be back behind the wheel next month at the Route 66 Nationals in Joliet.
A total of 81 firefighters responded to the fire, and it took them about two hours to put the fire out.
Prime Healthcare, which took over St. Joseph in March, said the hospital's resources could be better used elsewhere given the loss of demand for the pediatric unit.
The Illinois Nurses Association announced and denounced the closure on Tuesday, saying it will leave thousands of Joliet children without a hospital nearby on which to rely.
A preliminary investigation of the crash determined that a 56-year-old man was on the south side of the street when he attempted to cross to the north side of the roadway.
Firefighters quickly put out the fire, and checked the house — where they found one person dead inside.
Flags across Illinois will be lowered to half-staff in honor of a soldier from Joliet who died during a training exercise in Lithuania.
Crews from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Rovanco Piping Systems, a manufacturing site.
The fire did not spread to any homes, and the smoke stayed away from traffic on I-55. The fire chief said the wind was working in their favor.
A firefighter was injured battling a 3-alarm industrial fire that gutted a manufacturing plant in Joliet, Illinois, on Monday morning.
Crews from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at a manufacturing site east of I-55 on Frontage Road near the Route 59 exit around 4:30 a.m.
A second active tuberculosis case has been identified in the Chicago suburbs, this time at Joliet West High School.
A vigil in Chicago Thursday night honored the four soldiers, including Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr. of Joliet, who died in Lithuania during a training exercise.
Jose Duenez Jr. and three other U.S. Army soldiers were found dead after their armored vehicle sank in a swamp in Lithuania.
Jose Duenez was not only a member of the U.S. Army, but at home, he was a father to an 18-month-old son and a loving husband. Marissa Sulek talked with Duenez’s friend, Ben Muller.
One of the four U.S. soldiers killed during a training exercise in Lithuania last week is from Joliet, Illinois. The soldiers’ armored vehicle sank in an area of wetlands a week ago. A friend of Jose Duenez Jr. is struggling to process this loss.
Further investigation revealed that Hardeman recruited the victim into commercial sex work last November.
The congresswoman wants her constituents to feel heard — even the youngest voices.
Mary Anne Smith, 69, was reported missing by her family after it was believed that she had walked away from her home Friday around 3 p.m.
The city is focused on water loss because of what the city stands to gain. It needs to reduce the amount of water lost before switching from wells to Lake Michigan water.
City crews are out on the streets daily as they look for and repair the leaks in the water system. Noel Brennan reports.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the boy was driving a REX110 ATV with an 8-year-old passenger heading northbound on the sidewalk between the 900 and 1000 block of Mission Boulevard.
