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Recent articles by Bob:
Downtown Joliet developer awaits $610,000 extension on tax incentives
Mike Petry is converting downtown buildings into apartments and condominiums → Read More
A few Will County Board members join kegger to save old courthouse
Preservationists hope support for the cause is growing → Read More
Will County veterans agency wants $275,000 in CARES Act money back
Lawyers say no accounting for more than half of money awarded to contractor → Read More
Parker stays on Joliet ballot for April 4 election
Will County judge rules on election challenge in city council race → Read More
Help wanted: Grandparents
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren committee meets Monday in Romeoville → Read More
Will County judge to rule whether Joliet City Council candidate should stay on April 4 ballot by Monday
Will County Judge John Anderson questions points in petition challenge but reserves judgment → Read More
Renaissance Center under new management
Bill Dimitroulas, head of Arkas Restaurant Group, takes over lease → Read More
D’Arcy sets goals in Joliet mayoral bid
Candidate says city leadership needs to listen to residents → Read More
Joliet Slammers announce celebrity visits for Sitcom Night and Sandlot Night
Actress Kate Flannery and actor Chauncey Leopardi coming to Joliet ballpark → Read More
Environmental study points to Joliet, Lemont refineries as top water polluters
ExxonMobil Joliet and Citgo Lemont refineries high on list of discharges reported by Environmental Integrity Project → Read More
Syl’s restaurant owner fined for labor law violations
Premier Events & Catering also manages Renaissance Center in Joliet → Read More
This snow was easy, but how about the weekend?
The three inches or so of snow that fell Wednesday created few problems thanks to temperatures in the mid-30s. The first inch of snowfall melted away on its own when it hit city streets, said Joe Nordham, deputy director of operations for the Joliet Public Works Department. The city snowplows made quick work of the rest of it. “We’re pretty much done already,” Nordham said shortly before noon. A… → Read More
Former Joliet Sears store at the mall could become car dealership
City official says buyer has not ruled out residential development, too → Read More
Date set for Joliet mayor’s state of city speech
O’Dekirk will speak at Joliet chamber luncheon on Feb. 15 → Read More
Lockport haunted house faces class-action suit
Suit claims hundreds of workers at HellsGate and the former Statesville Haunted Prison in Crest Hill were underpaid → Read More
Last residents move out of Our Lady of Angels in Joliet
The last of the residents at Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home has moved out, marking the end of the Joliet nursing home that opened in 1962. The departure of the last resident on Saturday means OLA closed a little more than a month ahead of the Feb. 28 target date. More than 90 residents were at the facility in October when the Joliet-based Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate announced… → Read More
Old Will County Courthouse on demolition timetable, preservations try to save it
'Love bomb' event to save old courthouse slated for Feb. 11 → Read More
Plan for Joliet used car lot evokes business brands from city’s past
Plan faced opposition from owners of old Weber Dairy property and Mid Town Tap → Read More
27 graduate from Will County Problem Solving Courts
796 people have gone through rehabilitation programs in Will County since their inception → Read More
Joliet OKs 2023 round of water main projects
Construction coming to Plainfield Road, Collins St., St. Pat's Area and other parts of city → Read More