State gang expert testifies in Joliet murder trial linked to 2024 mass shooting

The Herald-News Athlete of the Week: Plainfield East’s Taylor Miller

Plainfield East's Taylor Miller was voted in as the Herald-News Athlete of the Week after she won the IHSA 2A State Finals girls golf individual state championship with a two-round score of 137.

Pritzker says new Will County Hyundai plant will create 3,750 new jobs

Hyundai is expanding its investment in Will County, adding 3,750 new full-time jobs, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office announced Thursday

Plainfield village trustees approve plans for new Nashville-style hot chicken restaurant

The Plainfield Village Board on Monday gave unanimous approval to a special use permit for Angry Chickz to open a drive-thru restaurant in the building at 15732 South Illinois Route 59.

Romeoville man arrested on charges of grooming, indecent solicitation of a child

Will County sheriff's detectives learned a Romeoville man had met with several youths at a Walmart store and he began to have inappropriate communications with them, according to the undersheriff.

Joliet reviewing free-gas policy for top city administrators

City Manager Beth Beatty told the City Council on Tuesday that she is working on changes in a policy that gives top administrators access to city gas pumps for their private vehicles.