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IDOT: Ruby Street Bridge Now Open

January 28, 2026

Update 1/28/2026: The Ruby Street bridge is open to traffic. ********** Ruby Street bridge over Des Plaines…

January 27, 2026

Dirksen Junior High School will reopen for in-person classes on Wednesday, Jan. 28, following a fire that occurred Friday morning,…

January 26, 2026

A section of the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s’ Joliet Junction Trail is closed from McDonough Street in Joliet…

January 26, 2026

The Joliet Public Library recently partnered with Joliet resident Dr. Lukas Gacheru to share children’s books with students at Karoroha…

January 25, 2026

At approximately 6:55 a.m. on January 25, 2026, officers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting gunfire in the area of…

January 24, 2026

From Romeoville Police: On January 23rd, 2026 at 2:56 P.M., the Romeoville Police Department was dispatched to a 2-vehicle crash…

January 23, 2026

From District 86: This morning (January 23, 2026) at approximately 9:45 a.m., we were notified that a fire alarm was…

January 23, 2026

Gov. JB Pritzker listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference at a farm in Central Illinois…

January 23, 2026

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino signals to immigration agents as he leaves the Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse…

January 23, 2026

Members of the United States Border Patrol walk out of the Dirksen federal courthouse in Chicago through a sea of…

January 23, 2026

The headquarters of Commonwealth Edison, one of the state’s largest utilities, is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo…

January 23, 2026

Illinois saw a decline in highway shootings and no fatalities in 2025. (Jacques Abou-Rizk, Medill Illinois News Bureau) Illinois saw…