SWAT standoff underway in Joliet
A school and a daycare in Joliet have been placed on lockdown after a driver fleeing police barricaded themselves inside a nearby home.
The Interim Housing Center at DuPagePads offers a safe place to sleep
DuPagePads seeks to ensure that every family in the community has the opportunity to achieve lasting housing stability and hope for the future. The opening of the Interim Housing Center aids in that mission. The IHC provides a safe place to sleep, food, and connections to case management for approximately...
The Beach Boys, Movie In The Parks Series and More Are Coming to RiverEdge...
The Beach Boys…Cheap Trick…Trombone Shorty…summer concerts and a new Movie in the Park Series are coming to Aurora's newly renovated RiverEdge Park. Following a year off for renovations, RiverEdge is back with a new 16-station beverage pavilion, an expanded entrance with ticket booth, an expanded grass seating area,...
Aurora Men Charged In Shooting Incident
Two Aurora men have been charged following a reckless discharge incident that occurred early Thursday morning in Aurora. According to police, at approximately 12:48am officers responded to multiple ShotSpotter alerts in the 500 block of East Downer Place and 100 block of North Union Street. Evidence of gunfire was...
Two Aurora men arrested after reported gunfire
Two Aurora men are under arrest for allegedly firing a handgun recklessly early Thursday last week. The Aurora Police Department says 31-year-old Roque Parra-Salinas and 27-year-old Vrian Cruz are both charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Additionally, Parra-Salinas is...
Fire damages Oswego home, two treated for injuries
Two people were treated for minor injuries after a fire early Tuesday morning in Oswego. The Oswego Fire Protection District was called to Somerset Road and found a garage on fire that was beginning to spread into the home. The fire was put out, but due to smoke, the home was deemed uninhabitable.
Joliet’s 2nd Jack In The Box Reveals Grand Opening Date
Joliet’s Jack In The Box On West Jefferson Street Reveals Grand Opening Date. Monday marked a soft opening at the former Arby’s restaurant location in Joliet. The new Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant at the former Arby’s restaurant, at the corner of Republic Avenue and West Jefferson Street, will mark its grand...
Second-Largest Wireless Network Provider to Lay Off 172 Employees at Schaumburg Facility
T-Mobile confirmed 172 job cuts at its Schaumburg, Illinois, location with a WARN notice filing.
Overnight Eisenhower Pileup Near 1st Avenue Turns Deadly
An early Sunday crash on the Eisenhower Expressway left one person dead and turned a key western suburb stretch of the inbound I-290 into a traffic nightmare. The multi-vehicle collision happened in the pre-dawn hours near 1st Avenue, which sits on the border between Maywood and Forest Park. Emergency crews shut down...
Buffalo Wild Wings closes restaurant doors with years of service ending overnight
A FAMOUS chicken wings franchise has shuttered one of its long-running locations in Illinois without any notice. Buffalo Wild Wings closed its store in Morris, Illinois after 10 years there. It ended its decade-long without much fanfare, instead letting customers know with a note on the door. “We are incredibly...

















