In the 2023-24 school year, 76.9% of Joliet Public School District 86 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
In the 2023-24 school year, 45.5% of the students in Valley View Community Unit School District 365U passed the ELA portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
On May 9, 2025, the City of Joliet announced a Notice of Finding No Significant Impact and Intent to Request Release of Funds concerning the Hope Manor Village Joliet project.
In the 2023-24 school year, 45.8% of the students in Manhattan School District 114 passed the Math portion of the IAR, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
There were four offenders convicted of homicide living in Will County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2024, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette.
In the 2023-24 school year, 77% of Richland Grade School District 88A students failed the math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.