Teen charged with murder of 13-year-old boy shot to death in Joliet
Joliet police said a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 13-year-old boy shot to death in an alley Monday.
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Joliet police said a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 13-year-old boy shot to death in an alley Monday.
As of Monday night, police said no one had been arrested — and they were still investigating a motive.
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As of Monday night, police said no one had been arrested — and they were still investigating a motive.
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.
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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.
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