Dad's Shocking Basement Find / Mom and Son Go to Jail Together / Heroin Raid and Wedding Vows

Dad Finds Underage Daughter in Basement with Her Classmate’s Father

• The man and the girl reportedly fled the house through a window, prompting a police search.

Mom and Teen Son Jailed After Family Feud Leaves 1 With Gunshot Wound

• Police said it was a “mob scene” on Sehring Avenue after the afternoon shooting.

Couple Pinched in Heroin Raid Have Wedding Date in 2 Months

• The jailed couple is supposed to get married Feb. 29 — if they can get out of jail in time. with: Heroin House Raided, 3 Arrested

Joliet Father Gives the Gift of Life to Sick Son

• Doctors warned his child wouldn’t survive after birth. That’s when the family did what they could to save his life.

Aggravated Mom Crashed Into Car While Driving Around With Baby Girl in Back Seat: Cops

• The Joliet woman got aggravated when the child’s father would not speak with her, police said.

Burglar Ruins Christmas But Police Save the Day

• Will County sheriff’s deputies saw a sad little girl and made sure her family had a merry Christmas.

‘I‘m Pissed ... This is B.S.’ Lincoln-Way Parents Explain Lawsuit

• They cite questionable spending and a school board that won’t work with the public to find a better solution than closing a new high school. with: Lincoln-Way Parents Sue to Stop LW North High from Closing

Charred Body Found at NIU was Bolingbrook Man

• The Bolingbrook man had been accepted at Northern Illinois University last year.

Morgan Freeman Interviews Serial Killer at Stateville Correctional Facility

• The visit was part of a documentary Freeman is working on for the National Geographic Channel.

Lockport Mom Gives Birth to First Baby of 2016 at Silver Cross Hospital

• Lily Grace born at 4:35 a.m.

Unwanted House Guest Locked Self in Bathroom, Kicked Cops: Police

• The Joliet woman also did some spitting, police said.

For Lexi: Lemont Mom Fills Late Daughter’s Front Row Seat as Band’s ‘Number 1 Fan’

• What better way for Amy Turner to honor the memory of her 17-year-old daughter?

Ex-Con Who Killed Lockport Girl in Drunken Wreck Arrested Again

• Glen Ray Higginbotham got out of prison less than a year ago.

Drug-Induced Homicide Charge Filed Against Man Freed From Jail 2 Weeks Ago

• The Rockdale man pleaded guilty to a drug charge and was sentenced to probation earlier this month.

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• Drunken Driver Intentionally Ran Down Woman: Cops
• Lawyer Charged With Trying to Put Hit on Wife Allegedly Tampered With Witness
• Cornered Crook Crashes Through Window, Dashes From Cops, Slips on Ice: Police
• Mob Descends on Elwood Home, 2 Joliet Men Arrested
• Wife Stabbed Husband’s Hand After Cutting Up His Hat: Cops
• Ax-Wielding Ex-Con Attacks Deputies: Cops
• Denied A Ride To Chicago For Drug Run, Joliet Man Cuts Up Buddy: Cops
• Nurse Punched in Jaw By Spitting Mad Patient: Cops

WORTH A LOOK

• Joliet Central High School Auto Tech Students Revved Up for State-of-the-Art Equipment
• Bishop Undeserving of Celebratory Burial: SNAP
• Work Progressing on Joliet Junior College Projects
• Fryer Fire Temporarily Shuts Down Plainfield Burger King
• Blain’s Farm and Fleet to Get Sales Tax Incentive
• Take Your Pooch to Joliet’s Only Indoor Dog Park

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