Waubonsie Valley's Samantha Wiertelak (12) slaps an RBI single against Joliet Central during a nonconference game in Aurora on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Sean King / The Beacon-News) Kelly, meanwhile ...

It’s been a terrific basketball season in Joliet. West and Central entered Saturday’s crosstown rivalry game a combined 42-6, both teams are in the Super 25 and have high hopes for March.

Joliet Central, built in 1901, is old enough that this is the second global pandemic the high school has been through. The Sun-Times is free but the journalism is not. Reader ...

This week, we feature Joliet Central High School on ABC7's Friday Flyover, celebrating high school sports! Breaking 1 known survivor after Air India Boeing 787 plane crashes, officials say.

Aron Servin, a senior at Joliet Central, said he and other students waited through the ordeal without much information. "We came in early at 7:20 for freshman hour.

JOLIET (CBS)-- At least one gunshot was fired Monday afternoon during a confrontation outside Joliet Central High School, school authorities reported. The Joliet Police Department immediately ...

And when he came to Joliet to teach physical education, McLaughlin took up coaching at Joliet Central High School. He was a pioneering African American wrestling coach in the school’s conference.