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Voters wait in line Oct. 19 at New Lenox Village Hall on the first day of early voting at satellite locations in Will County.

Will County on pace for record voter turnout this election

November 2, 2020 at 5:36 p.m.

Nearly half the registered voters in Will County cast their ballots before Election Day. The county clerk's office reported that between early in-person voting and mail-in voting, 203,236 ballots had...

Will County reparations proposal may get first hearing this week

November 1, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

A proposal calling for reparations to address the harm done to the Black community through slavery, mass incarceration and the war on drugs may be part of a discussion Thursday...

The DuPage County Board has approved a three-year lease extension with the DuPage County Fair Association that includes a provision prohibiting the 33.5-acre property from being used for events in which animals are used or sold, other than those that are part of the annual county fair.

New DuPage fairgrounds lease prohibits events — other than the fair — in which animals are used or sold

October 30, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

Some shows involving the sale or use of animals will no longer be allowed at the DuPage County Fairgrounds under a lease extension approved this past week by the DuPage...

District 113 officials say the campuses of Deerfield High School and Highland Park High School will be closed during National School Walkout events.

Township High School District 113 putting plans for projects, renovations on hold to focus on COVID-19 response

October 28, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.

Rather than move forward with renovations of an auditorium and library and work on a capital improvement plan, Township High School District 113 school board members said Monday they want...

DuPage County Board OKs $2.5M in grant money to help struggling restaurants and bars

October 27, 2020 at 6:36 p.m.

DuPage County Board members Tuesday approved $2.5 million in grant funding to help local bars and restaurants as they deal with restrictions on indoor dining and bar service due to...

Will County Clerk Lauren Staley-Ferry feeds a ballot into a tabulator during a central count Oct. 10.

Will County Republicans question notification for daily mail-in ballot processing

October 27, 2020 at 7:01 a.m.

Will County Republicans are raising questions about how mail-in ballots are being counted, claiming some envelopes containing ballots were delivered open and that poll watchers aren't being given proper notice...

Some Will County restaurants say they will defy new COVID-19 restrictions: ‘We’re not on a fair playing field’

October 23, 2020 at 6:56 a.m.

As restaurants in Will County face another round of COVID-19 restrictions shutting down indoor dining and bar service beginning Friday, some took to Facebook to tell customers their dining rooms...

Joliet police sergeant is charged with misconduct for allegedly illegally accessing video of drug arrest

October 21, 2020 at 6:59 p.m.

A Joliet police sergeant faces official misconduct charges, accused of illegally accessing a police video of the drug arrest of a man who died hours later. Joliet police Sgt. Javier...

Voters wait in line Monday at New Lenox Village Hall on the first day of early voting at satellite locations in Will County.

Alicia Fabbre/for Daily Southtown, Oct. 19, 2020, early voting New Lenox Village Hall

DuPage sets record on first day of early voting while Will reports lines of voters waiting to cast ballots

October 20, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

The start of expanded early voting this week drew huge crowds in DuPage and Will counties, with both reporting thousands of people casting in-person ballots as mail-in ballots continue to...

An entrance to Highland Park High School is pictured.

Highland Park, Deerfield high schools sticking with remote learning through end of semester

October 20, 2020 at 11:35 a.m.

Students at Deerfield and Highland Park high schools can expect to be in remote learning through the rest of the semester, officials said. Township High School District 113 board members...

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