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Will County Clerk Lauren Staley Ferry, left, swears in Denise Winfrey as Will County executive Monday.

Denise Winfrey sworn in as Will County executive; visitation set for Lawrence Walsh

June 8, 2020 at 12:54 p.m.

Will County Board members met Monday in a special session to appoint fellow board member Denise Winfrey, a Joliet Democrat, to fill out the remainder of Will County Executive Larry...

Bishop Steven Evans, center, is joined by other pastors and community leaders on June 3, 2020, as the group calls for Joliet Mayor Bob O Dekirk to resign.

Attorneys for protesters in recorded skirmish with Joliet’s mayor say clients were demonstrating peacefully, disputing mayor’s self-defense claim

June 5, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.

Attorneys for two protesters involved in an altercation with the mayor of Joliet that was captured in a viral video say their clients were demonstrating peacefully, disputing the mayor's claims...

A memorial was created Thursday morning outside Will County offices in honor of County Executive Lawrence Walsh, who died Wednesday night as a result of prostate cancer.

Accolades pour in following death of Will County Executive Larry Walsh

June 4, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

Will County residents Thursday remembered County Executive Larry Walsh as a thoughtful man who enjoyed his life of public service, and a former president of the United States offered his...

Joliet pastor Steven Evans, center, is joined by other pastors and community leaders on June 3, 2020, as the group calls for Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk to resign.

Pastors call on Joliet mayor to resign following viral video of protest skirmish, cite previous disciplinary action from his work as a cop years ago

June 4, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

Three local pastors have called for Joliet Mayor Robert O'Dekirk's resignation in the wake of a skirmish between the mayor, who is white, and an African American protester that was...

Will County Executive Larry Walsh speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the site new public safety complex in October 2016 in Joliet.

Larry Walsh, Will County executive for 16 years, dead at 72 after long battle with prostate cancer

June 4, 2020 at 8:40 a.m.

Lawrence "Larry" Walsh Jr., a longtime state senator who served as Will County executive for 16 years, died at his Elwood home Wednesday night from complications of prostate cancer. He...

Republican candidate to challenge Glasgow in Will County state’s attorney’s race

June 3, 2020 at 6:03 p.m.

A slate of Republican candidates, including one challenging five-term Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow, have filed to run for Will County offices in the November election in races where...

Joliet mayor says he was acting in self-defense when he grabbed and shoved a protester during George Floyd-related unrest; skirmish caught on video

June 2, 2020 at 7:24 p.m.

Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk released a statement Tuesday saying he was acting in self-defense during a skirmish with a protester Sunday evening. A video of the scuffle, which emerged Tuesday,...

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