Joliet girl with rare condition finally receives new kidney

A Joliet teenager received the gift of life, one year after being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that left her with end-stage kidney disease.

2 dead after car crashes into tree, traffic signal in Joliet: police

Two people died and another was seriously injured after the car they were in crashed into a tree and traffic signal, breaking apart early Monday in suburban Joliet.

Former suburban teacher charged with child grooming didn't fulfill employment requirements, diocese says

The Diocese of Joliet confirmed on Friday that Jeremy Hylka, a former Catholic school teacher charged with child grooming, did not fulfill employment requirements while teaching at St. Joseph Catholic School in Lockport.

Auto manufacturing plant coming to Joliet, bringing over 700 jobs

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday the Lion Electric Company will open its first United States automobile manufacturing plant in Joliet.

Police say Joliet Catholic school teacher plans to surrender on child grooming charges

A former suburban Catholic school teacher is expected to turn himself in to police after being released from the hospital, which could be as soon as Tuesday, sources tell FOX 32 News.

Former Catholic school teacher accused of inappropriately communicating with boy now hospitalized

Jeremy M. Hylka is facing charges of traveling to meet a child and grooming. He was a teacher at Joliet Catholic Academy, St. Joseph Catholic School in Lockport as well as St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus. He also volunteered at St. Jude Catholic Church in New Lenox from 2014 to 2015.

3 injured in Joliet crash

Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in a wrong-way crash in southwest suburban Joliet.