Resurfacing work on local roads in Joliet and Rockdale used as detours for the Interstate 80 reconstruction project will begin on Monday. The work, which consists of patching, milling, resurfacing, ... Read More

A Joliet man was arrested on October 29 and charged with multiple felonies in connection with a fatal April 5 car crash on Interstate 55 that killed a Bourbonnais woman. Read More

The breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant will open in The Boulevard Place, the mixed-use center that straddles Joliet and Plainfield near the Interstate 55 interchange at U.S. 30. The Joliet City ... Read More

One person has been hospitalized following a crash Thursday morning on Interstate 80 in Joliet that involved five vehicles, including a semitrailer. Read More

One person was injured in a crash on I-80 in Joliet, Illinois, early Thursday morning. Illinois State Police said a car and a semi truck crashed in the westbound lanes at I-55, near milepost 126. ISP ... Read More

Southbound traffic will be reduced to one lane starting at 8 p.m. between Jefferson Street (U.S. 52) and Interstate 80, an area that includes Joliet and Shorewood. '?At 1 a.m., f ... Read More

A Joliet man has been charged with threatening to kill an Illinois State Police trooper after he was caught allegedly driving 98 mph in a construction zone on Interstate 80. Read More

While construction on the towering Bally's Chicago hotel has stalled amid a dispute with the city over video gambling terminals, a more modest hotel is going up by the new Hollywood Casino Joliet - ... Read More

Ramp closures are scheduled to begin, weather permitting, at the interchange of Interstate 80 and Chicago Street (U.S. Route 52 / Illinois Route 53) in Joliet. Read More

IDOT reopens lanes for July 4 travel across Illinois, but active construction remains on highways in Chicago, Springfield, Peoria, Champaign and beyond. Read More

HMD Trucking is suing the city of Joliet and state of Illinois in connection with the Feb. 21 deadly crash involving one of their drivers. Read More

The right lane of eastbound Interstate 80 has been shut down along the bridge near Center Street in Joliet, and the lane will remain closed until early Tuesday morning while crews make repairs. Read More

MINOOKA, IL - The Illinois State Police has taken over an investigation that has resulted in the closure of Interstate 80 going east toward Joliet near the Ridge Road interchange. A law enforcement ... Read More

One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a wrong-way crash in the south suburbs on Monday morning, Illinois State Police said. Read More

One person was dead, and all lanes of westbound Interstate 80 were blocked near Joliet around midday on Monday, after a wrong-way crash involving a car and a semi-trailer truck. Read More

A person has died and another was hospitalized after a wrong-way driver slammed into a semi on Interstate 80 Monday morning. Read More

JOLIET, IL - If you are a regularly follower of the Joliet Patch, you've seen our photos and videos showing how major construction is already underway for the new Interstate 80 Bridge over the Des ... Read More

Every day, 20,000 semitrucks roll in and out of the sprawling warehouse complexes along Interstate 80, supporting the rise of next-day delivery. They pummel the roads, belch fumes and cause deadly ... Read More

JOLIET, IL - The Illinois State Police announced that a total of five vehicles were involved in Thursday's crash in Joliet along Interstate 80 eastbound at the Interstate 55 interchange. It all ... Read More

A deadly crash shut down Interstate 55 in the south suburbs on Sunday morning, Illinois State Police said. The crash happened at about 5:12 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-55 at Black Road in Joliet ... Read More

Illinois State Police say the crash happened just after 5 a.m. on Sunday in the southbound lanes at black road in Joliet. Read More

A deadly crash shut down Interstate 55 in the south suburbs on Sunday morning, Illinois State Police said. Read More

Lanes reopened on I-80 at I-55 after a crash involving five vehicles, including semi trucks, near Joliet on Thursday morning. Read More

All eastbound lanes are closed on I-80 at I-55 after a crash near Joliet on Thursday morning. Read More