Joliet

Wheaton College and Roman Catholic dioceses across Illinois, which sued the Obama administration to avoid paying for birth control, might not have to pay after all, under a health care compromise offered by the Obama administration. Seeking to appease...

Joliet police last week joined the millions of users on Pinterest, but they won't be sharing recipes or decorating tips. Instead, followers of the Joliet police page can "pin" photos of wanted suspects or information about a recent crime. "Everyone is...

Joining many Illinois suburbs, Glenview is looking to protect as historic the houses ordered through catalogs through much of the twentieth century. Village officials will use a $3,018 grant from the U.S. Department of Interior to take the first step...

A slight dip in unemployment rates has officials in some near northwest suburbs cautiously optimistic for a warming economic climate. According to recently released unemployment statistics from the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the...

A Joliet man pleaded guilty Friday to setting fire to a home on his street in 2007 because the home's residents were African-American. Brian James Moudry, 36, who had been held without bond since he was arrested on May 30, 2012, entered the plea as part...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by six Roman Catholic institutions in Illinois against the Obama administration over the issue of birth control and the government’s health insurance mandate U.S. Judge John Darrah ruled on Friday...

Plainfield trustees are preparing for construction of an interchange at Interstate Highway 55 and Lockport Street so the village will have a plan in place to prevent traffic jams in the downtown district. Village trustees Monday approved hiring a...

The president of Midwest Generation recently argued that state regulators should allow the financially-strapped company to exceed some emissions limits for two years at its Illinois power plants, including two in Will County. The proposal was met with...

Commuters concerned about safety or congestion at the intersection of 47th Street and East Avenue in La Grange are invited to an open house to discuss possible improvements in that area. The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting an open house...

The usual 20,000 or so visitors every year to Belgium's Verbeke Foundation art park have the option (365 of them, anyway) to spend the night inside the feature attraction: a 20-foot-long, 6-foot-high polyester replica of a human colon created by Dutch...

The state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Gov. Pat Quinn can move forward with the closure of several prisons and juvenile justice facilities. In its ruling, the court ordered an Alexander County judge to dissolve a preliminary injunction that...

 Estes Park, Colo., and Aberdeen, S.D., resident Marvin Kaiser died Saturday evening Dec. 22, 2012, at Prospect Park Living Center in Estes Park. He was 83 years old.  Marvin Eugene Kaiser was born July 2, 1929, in Milliken, Colo. His parents were...