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IDOT: Ruby Street Bridge Now Open
Update 1/28/2026: The Ruby Street bridge is open to traffic. ********** Ruby Street bridge over Des Plaines…
Dirksen to Reopen Wednesday, Fire Started in Music Room
Dirksen Junior High School will reopen for in-person classes on Wednesday, Jan. 28, following a fire that occurred Friday morning,…
Joliet Junction Trail section closed for IDOT project on I-80
A section of the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s’ Joliet Junction Trail is closed from McDonough Street in Joliet…
Friends of the Joliet Public Library Helps Launch First School Library in Kinangop, Kenya
The Joliet Public Library recently partnered with Joliet resident Dr. Lukas Gacheru to share children’s books with students at Karoroha…
Police Investigating Double Homicide Involving Mother and 4-Year-Old Son
At approximately 6:55 a.m. on January 25, 2026, officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire in the area of…
Romeoville Police Respond to Fatal Crash
From Romeoville Police: On January 23rd, 2026 at 2:56 P.M., the Romeoville Police Department was dispatched to a 2-vehicle crash…
Fire Damages Classrooms at Dirksen
From District 86: This morning (January 23, 2026) at approximately 9:45 a.m., we were notified that a fire alarm was…
Illinois to withhold nearly $500M in spending, citing federal uncertainty
Gov. JB Pritzker listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference at a farm in Central Illinois…
1st Operation Midway Blitz-related trial ends in acquittal after other cases fell apart
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino signals to immigration agents as he leaves the Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse…
State investigating landlord of Chicago apartments raided by immigration agents
Members of the United States Border Patrol walk out of the Dirksen federal courthouse in Chicago through a sea of…
ComEd files $15.3 billion grid plan proposal addressing rising demand
The headquarters of Commonwealth Edison, one of the state’s largest utilities, is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo…
Illinois saw no fatal expressway shootings last year
Illinois saw a decline in highway shootings and no fatalities in 2025. (Jacques Abou-Rizk, Medill Illinois News Bureau) Illinois saw…