Catholic churches in Carol Stream, Villa Park, Wheaton and Oakbrook Terrace are being closed as part of a restructuring plan ...

JOLIET, IL — You can give the Evergreen Terrace public housing projects on Joliet's near west side a new name, but you can't stop the perpetual violence that has plagued this property for decades.

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...