JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Two semitrailers crashed into the same railroad viaduct in Joliet an hour apart Thursday morning, police said. Joliet officers responded about 5:24 a.m. to the viaduct over a street for a crash, WFLD-TV reported. A semitrailer driven by a...
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police officer shot and wounded an armed man who fled on foot from a traffic stop and refused commands to drop his weapon, police said. Joliet police said officers were conducting a traffic stop about 11 p.m. CDT Wednesday when a male...
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of an Illinois man charged in a 2017 crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three sons after jurors said they were deadlocked. A day earlier, Will County Judge Daniel Rippy read a note that said 11 jurors...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Legionella bacteria has been detected at two Illinois Department of Corrections facilities. Routine water testing this week found legionella at the Stateville Correctional Center and Joliet Treatment Center, the Illinois departments of Public Health and...