Police in suburban Crest Hill and Joliet are investigating a shooting that caused a brief lockdown at a nearby school, as initial reports suggested that suspects involved were at-large. According to authorities, a shooting occurred at around 1:10 p.m. in the 600 block of Theodore Street on the border of Crest Hill and Joliet. In a Facebook post, police said that initial reports stated that suspects left the scene on foot. A later update stated that police determined there were no gunshot victims upon arrival at the scene, and were able to locate and detain a suspect hiding in the nearby reside ..read more

Workers at a suburban nursing home that’s closing for good on Friday are still on the job, even though they say they haven’t been paid. “We are upset. We are angry. We have bills, kids to feed,” said Lorri Tibble. On Jan. 11, workers at Salem Village Nursing and Rehabilitation in Joliet said they received a letter telling them the facility would close March 15. Staffing and other challenges were cited as reasons why the privately run facility would shut down. Tibble has worked at Salem for 40 years as the admissions director. “It was my life, my second home,” she said. Patients were relocated ..read more

Currently serving a 38-year prison sentence for killing his third wife Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson did not appear at the Will County Criminal Courthouse Wednesday morning as several hearings got underway. The Will County State’s Attorney’s Office asked for a special prosecutor to handle a case involving Peterson’s former attorney Joel Brodsky, who they said violated a 2022 gag order. The judge accepted the motion to appoint a special prosecutor in the case. The state said the reason for the recusal is that Brodsky may be called as a witness to future post-conviction proceedings. The state be ..read more

A former Joliet school administrator said he was forced out of his job after complaining about a controversial game played at work, and now he’s taking the school district to court. Rheon Gibson, the former director of student and family services for Joliet’s Troy Central Consolidated School District 30-C, said one of his bosses came up with the idea to play a game called “Snoop on a Stoop” as a team building exercise. “I never heard of it until she brought [the] doll in,” Gibson said. Gibson said everyone in the department was told to take a picture with the doll, then share them via email. H ..read more

President Joe Biden Wednesday released a statement urging congress to act on gun control legislation after a man allegedly killed eight people, seven of whom were family members, in Joliet earlier this week. “Jill and I are praying for the family members of the eight victims killed in Joliet, Illinois, and for the broader community devastated by these tragic shootings,” the statement read in part, adding that federal law enforcement agencies assisted Joliet police with the investigation. “This tragedy underscores why I am doing everything in my power to keep guns off our streets and out o ..read more

The girlfriend of the man accused of killing eight people in Joliet is expected to appear in court Thursday after being charged with obstruction of justice. Joliet police said 21-year-old Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton was arrested during an investigation into the killings as detectives believe she made statements to prevent the apprehension of 23-year-old Romeo Nance, who died by suicide following a confrontation with police in Texas. Cleveland-Singleton is expected to appear in court at 9 a.m. Thursday, officials said. Authorities determined that Cleveland-Singleton was Nance’s girlfriend and t ..read more

Note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. The girlfriend of a now-deceased suspect in the killings of eight people in Joliet has been charged with obstruction of justice, according to authorities. Joliet police said 21-year-old Kyleigh Cleveland-Singleton was arrested during an investigation into the killings as detectives believe she made statements to prevent the apprehension of 23-year-old Romeo Nance, who died by suicide following a confrontation with police in Texas. Authorities determined that Cleveland-Singleton was Nance’s girlfriend and the mother of his 3-year-ol ..read more

NOTE: The 2 p.m. press conference will stream live in the player above once it begins. Joliet officials are expected to deliver an update Tuesday afternoon on a killing spree that left at least seven people in the city dead before a suspected gunman was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Texas. Authorities are set to speak on the West Acres Road shooting at 2 p.m. in the Joliet City Hall. (Watch live in the player above) The address comes less than 24 hours after 23-year-old Romeo Nance, who was wanted in connection with the shooting that spread across multiple crime scenes, die ..read more

Editor’s note: The man suspected in the shooting deaths of seven people in Joliet died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being confronted by law enforcement Monday night in Texas. Find the latest updates here. Law enforcement spearheaded an extensive manhunt on Monday after seven people were shot and killed on Joliet’s West Side. Authorities were searching for the suspected gunman, 23-year-old Romeo Nance, who was said to be driving a red Toyota Camry with the license plate Q730412. Police urged the public to consider Nance “armed and dangerous” and urged anyone who sees him to call 91 ..read more

The man wanted in the shooting deaths of seven people in Joliet died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being located by U.S. Marshals in Texas, authorities confirmed. Joliet police said at around 8:30 p.m., officers learned that 23-year-old Romeo Nance had been located by U.S. Marshals near Natalia, Texas, and when confronted by law enforcement, took his own life with a handgun. Natalia is approximately 30 miles southwest of San Antonio. At around 12:04 p.m. on Monday, the Will County Sheriff’s Office notified Joliet police of an incident in the 2200 block of West Acres, Police Chie ..read more