Alicia Fabbre

Alicia Fabbre is a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune.

Settlement reached in lawsuit stemming from George Floyd protest in Joliet

January 13, 2022 at 12:13 a.m.

A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit involving the mayor of Joliet, the Police Department and two men who were participants in a 2020 demonstration following the death...

New Lenox reverses ban on cannabis sales, will allow one dispensary

January 11, 2022 at 6:28 p.m.

New Lenox trustees Monday reversed a ban on recreational cannabis sales, clearing the way for a marijuana dispensary should one wish to open in town. "There has been interest from...

New Lenox, state’s only remaining Safe Communities participant, offers classes on public safety and injury prevention

January 11, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

New Lenox officials know that safety of a community goes beyond just low crime stats. Injury prevention also is key. Since 2010, New Lenox has been part of the Safe...

Silver Cross reopens Meal Train to feed workers as COVID-19 fills hospital beyond capacity

January 7, 2022 at 10:15 p.m.

As Silver Cross Hospital deals with the most taxing surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, area residents are offering support in the form of kind words or a meal. Silver Cross...

The scene of a shooting that left two people dead and at least a dozen more people injured in the 1000 block of East Jackson Street in Joliet Township on Oct. 31, 2021.

3 charged in fatal Halloween shooting in Joliet Township plead not guilty

January 6, 2022 at 8:32 p.m.

Three men, including two brothers, entered not guilty pleas at a Thursday hearing in connection with a Halloween shooting that left two people dead at a Joliet Township party. Joskar...

Drew Peterson is escorted out of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet in 2009.

Ex-cop Drew Peterson tries again for a new trial in 3rd wife’s death

December 31, 2021 at 7:40 p.m.

More than nine years after he was found guilty of killing his third wife, Drew Peterson is returning to a Will County courtroom in the new year to ask a...

East Dundee Assistant Village Administrator Brad Mitchell, left, seated next to then-Village Administrator Jennifer Johnsen at a village meeting, is out of a job after the new village manager decided to eliminate the post.

East Dundee assistant village manager ousted after job eliminated in wake of romance controversy

December 23, 2021 at 3:21 p.m.

East Dundee's assistant village administrator is out of a job just days before Christmas. Assistant Village Administrator Brad Mitchell learned Monday that his position was being eliminated "effectively immediately," according...

East Dundee Assistant Village Manager Brad Dundee has been censured and expelled from the International City/County Managers Association for violating the organization's ethics codes when he entered into a romantic relationship with his supervisor, Village Manager Jennifer (Johnsen) Ramsay.

Romantically involved East Dundee admins booted from international association for ethics violations

December 22, 2021 at 12:28 a.m.

The former East Dundee village administrator and current assistant village administrator have been censured and expelled from the International City/County Managers Association for ethics code violations. Jennifer Johnson, who was...

Man fleeing from domestic dispute in New Lenox shot dead by Will County sheriff’s deputy

December 20, 2021 at 10:35 p.m.

A 21-year-old New Lenox man suspected of shooting a family member died after being shot by a Will County sheriff's deputy. Alexander Wheeler fled a home in the 1900 block...

A resident wears a button showing support for retail sales of marijuana for recreational use at a New Lenox Village Board meeting Nov. 11, 2019.

New Lenox reconsiders ban on recreational marijuana sales

December 15, 2021 at 6:10 p.m.

Two years after voting to opt out of the recreational sale of cannabis, New Lenox trustees are considering a change. Trustees Monday briefly discussed a change to the zoning code...

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