Bob Okon

Downtown visitors for the Light Up the Holidays Festival and Parade were impressed with what they see so far of the new Joliet City Square.

The late Phyllis A. Olsta, a 1951 graduate of St. Francis Academy who went on to a career in the travel industry, donated $6.08 million to her alma mater.

Republican leader Jim Richardson says another special county board meeting is being organized after a Friday session had to be canceled.

State points to age of bridge and announces another delay in reopening. It is one of six drawbridges over the Des Plaines River in the Joliet area.

Even though the data center plan was being taken off the agenda "indefinitely," 16 people came to tell the Plan Commission that they don't want it in the community.

County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant hints that she will consider a veto, says lower levy creates unbalanced budget.

The Joliet City Council voted 6-3 on Tuesday for a $156,500 staffing study. One member says it will lead to adding more jobs.

The commission voted 5-0 in favor of JCA's proposal that would expand its sports facilities onto the grounds of the former Our Lady of Angels Retirement Home.

Trolley tracks and elevator cars found underground have delayed full opening date to April 1 and pushed up construction costs for square and Chicago Street to nearly $22 million.

An on-campus football stadium is the biggest part of the JCA campus expansion proposal. The Plan Commission meets at 4 p.m. Thursday in the City Council chambers at City Hall.

The Manhattan village board on Tuesday approved the appointment of Rosemaria DiBenedetto as village administrator. DiBenedetto starts in Manhattan in early January.

Plan Commission on Thursday will be asked for a second time to put off a vote on plans for a 795-acre data center that would be located in an south of Chicagoland Speedway.

New legislation poses the possibility of more commuter trains on rgw Rock Island line and a future high-speed rail connection between Joliet and Peoria.

Proposed Joliet $305 million budget is balanced with no new taxes and fees proposed.

Darra Glavan, 86, donates Norway spruce that will be first Christmas tree lit in new City Square for annual Light Up the Holidays Festival and Parade.