A new leader at Joliet’s Stone City VFW Post 2199 has been working to bring in younger veterans like himself and grow the presence of the organization in the community.

Zaxbys has purchased the former Slim Chickens restaurant at Illinois Route 59 and 135th Street, village officials announced on Monday. It would be the first Zaxbys restaurant in Illinois.

A call came in at 10:20 p.m. for a report of a fire in the 4100 block of Whitetail Court, the Joliet Fire Department said.

Lockport is heading back to the state volleyball tournament for the second straight year after beating Oak Park-River Forest in the 4A Hinsdale Central Super Sectional.

After falling in the supersectional the last two seasons, Providence's volleyball team beat Washington 25-21, 25-18 and advanced to state for the first time since 1995.

In a statement on the termination of a Joliet police detective, the police chief said the department is "built on accountability and ethical conduct, both on and off duty."

7 Brew Coffee has opened in Joliet and Lockport, is building a second Joliet store, and plans to build in Plainfield.

Coal City's Carter Nicholson had nine saves in the soccer team's sectional championship win over Manteno.

The Herald-News presents this week’s Pets of the Week. Read the description of each pet to learn about it, including where it can be adopted in Will County.

Detectives believe a residence on Joliet’s west side was targeted in a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the mouth while he was asleep.