The Herald News

President Barack Obama is coming to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, south of Joliet, for the annual Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 31, the White House announced today.

A BNSF freight train carrying liquefied petroleum gas derailed Monday afternoon in downtown Joliet, snarling traffic on the city's streets for several hours.

A suspected killer was arrested after shooting an employee and stealing a car at a truck stop Monday morning. Police Chief Justin Meyer said it was shortly before 8 a.m. when Lawrence K. Coffee, 26, walked up to Pilot, 301 N. Ridge Road, and used a gun to threaten a woman who worked there. Coffee allegedly shot an employee in the upper thigh before getting behind the wheel of the car.

A woman told police her car was shot at before she was able to retrieve it from thieves early Monday. Around 1 a.m., the victim saw her vehicle had been taken and decided to look for it.

Three gang members were arrested after colliding with a squad car while fleeing a shooting Saturday night, police said.

It's hot. And, that means lawn sprinklers get cranked up in many yards. But city officials want to remind residents that there are sprinkler rules in Joliet.

The city has completed installation of new parking meters in downtown Joliet, and rates at two prime lots went up to $1 an hour Monday.

Despite pleas from students and parents, the village board will not consider a request to create a running track at the new CenterPoint Park on Elwood's west side.

No action was taken on a proposal to create a standardized dress code for grades 5-8 in the Troy School District.

Principal Dan Goggins, leader of the Cougar den, is moving onto new territory, leaving Plainfield South High School with a stronger identity and improved academics.

Magda Brown, a member of the Speakers Bureau from the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, will speak June 18 at the Will County Senior Services Center, 251 N. Center St.

A Plainfield man died early Sunday after a motorcycle struck a guardrail in the village.

In cooperation with the Illinois Liquor Control Commission through a Tobacco Enforcement Program grant, the Joliet Police Department conducted tobacco compliance checks May 19.

Yorkville officials are considering a proposal for what could be the largest sports complex in the country along Route 47, next to the Raging Waves water park.

An estimated 500 people browsed tables of books during the Waste Services Division of the Will County Land Use Department's annual recycling/reuse event.

Construction of the Island City Memorial in Wilmington is underway. The memorial is designed to honor all who have worked, fought or served the country during any war.With nearly 200 memorial stones sold, the project near the entrance to North Island Park is moving forward.

The city of Lockport is seeking startup businesses like Emily Pelech's Commuter's Cup to locate at the train station. The station is on the south end of downtown, west of 13th and State streets. It is between two major transportation routes: the Metra tracks on the west and Route 171 on the east. There's plenty of business potential with three weekday trains taking commuters to and from Chicago on the Heritage Corridor Line.

It looked like the push was on last week to find a solution to the high-rise Route 59 being built along the Pheasant Landing subdivision in Joliet.

Although his lawyers argued it was an accident, a jury decided Friday that Alexander Moore murdered Kyle Parnell two years ago while they were inside a Joliet recording studio.

PLAINFIELD -- To save custodial jobs, Plainfield School District offered cash or health insurance to get employees to retire.