A youth soccer coach in Crest Hill, Illinois has been charged with having sexual contact with a 12-year-old boy, according to officials. Darrell J. Stephenson, 24, was arrested Friday at his Crest Hill home after an investigation, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Police. Stephenson has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and his bail has ... read more »

Three Catholic Charities agencies are seeking an emergency injunction that would allow religious agencies to turn away couples in civil unions seeking to adopt. Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Springfield, Peoria and Joliet filed a complaint Tuesday in Sangamon County Circuit Court and asked a judge for a temporary restraining order and injunction that would prevent the ... read more »

A teacher who threw a chair twice in the middle of her 7th grade classroom is now fighting to get the incident wiped from her record so she can obtain a job teaching again. The incident took place in 2010 at the Washington Junior High Academy in Joliet, Illinois, in an “alternative class” taught by ... read more »

A 7-year-old in Joliet, Illinois caught caught in the middle of an apparent shootout. Joliet police were on the scene of a shooting where three people, including a 7-year-old boy, were shot early Wednesday evening, police said. About 5:55 p.m., police got a call regarding the shooting in the 300 block of South Water Street, ... read more »

Hmmm, think there will be a bit less sympathy for this guy than there was for Debra LaFave and Mary Kay Letourneau? They are viewed as adults with extremely poor judgment, but this guy will be called a child molester. Not that we’re defending his actions, not by any means, just that there seems to ... read more »