Essington Road Water Main Construction to Begin Monday, May 20

May 17, 2024 / Comments Off on Essington Road Water Main Construction to Begin Monday, May 20

The City of Joliet Public Utilities Department has begun construction on the Burr Oaks Water Main project. As part of the next phase of construction,…

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Illinois EPA Provides Over $4 Million in Funding to the City of Joliet to Replace Lead Service Lines

May 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Illinois EPA Provides Over $4 Million in Funding to the City of Joliet to Replace Lead Service Lines

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois EPA Director John J. Kim today announced $4,008,461 in funding to the City of Joliet (Will and Kendall) to replace lead service…

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Joliet ‘Cop on a Rooftop’ Special Olympics Fundraiser May 17

May 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Joliet ‘Cop on a Rooftop’ Special Olympics Fundraiser May 17

This Friday, May 17, 2024, members of the Joliet Police Department will be participating in the annual “Cop on a Rooftop” fundraiser. From 5 a.m.…

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Suspect in Richards Street Shooting Taken into Custody

May 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Suspect in Richards Street Shooting Taken into Custody

Latrell Woodall (18, Bolingbrook) was arrested, processed, and transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, Aggravated Unlawful Use…

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Park Will Replace Former County Courthouse

May 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Park Will Replace Former County Courthouse

By Nick Reiher As discussed even before the former Will County Courthouse was torn down, the land will be leveled and prepped for a park.…

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Farm Days Gone By

May 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Kathy Forsythe shares this picture from 1910 or so of her mother and aunts, and grandparents — Christian and Emma Luhring — and her great-grandmother…

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Civil War: September and October 1864, the war rages on

May 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Civil War: September and October 1864, the war rages on

by Sandy Vasko We pick up our story of Will County in the Civil War in Georgia, where the 100th Voluntary Infantry was headed for…

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One Dead after Motorcycle Strikes School Bus

May 15, 2024 / Comments Off on One Dead after Motorcycle Strikes School Bus

Will County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 3:17 p.m. to the 24000 block of W. Shepley Road in Troy Township regarding an accident with injuries.…

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Rainy Days for these Carpenters can mean saying goodbye to wood in homes

May 15, 2024 / Comments Off on Rainy Days for these Carpenters can mean saying goodbye to wood in homes

Ah, the ‘70s, the time of my (and maybe your) youth. I loved The Carpenters, the duo. But there is another duo of carpenters I…

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Star Wars™ Day Not So Far, Far Away

May 15, 2024 / Comments Off on Star Wars™ Day Not So Far, Far Away

Saturday, June 1, will be no ordinary day in downtown Joliet, as it is transformed into the Joliet Public Library’s 13th Annual Star Wars™ Day—a…

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