17-year-old teen from Joliet stabbed to death in Romeoville grocery store parking lot

ROMEOVILLE - A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old outside a grocery store Thursday night. Fabian Almodovar, of 1482 Windflower Court, was arrested Friday afternoon after he was released from Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital. Deputy Chief Steve Lucchesi said …Read More

• Former Joliet Catholic priest gets life in prison in Florida for child sex crime

  A former athletic director at Joliet Catholic High School was sentenced to life in prison by a Florida judge Thursday for having sex with a teenage boy. A Sarasota County jury convicted William Wert, 56, of sex abuse charges in February. Wert was ordained as …Read More

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