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Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow’s Office has filed a lawsuit against Joliet City Council member Juan Moreno that claims he is not eligible for office.
Joliet each year gets a city Christmas tree donated by a city resident, but this one will be the first in the new City Square.
Cesar Guerrero made his statement at a Joliet City Council meeting Tuesday night where he also called on city officials to speak out on an ICE arrest outside City hall.
Joliet Mayor D'Arcy breaks tie as City Council OKs $197,000 for downtown sculpture.
The 'Dome of Unity' would be a centerpiece sculpture at the new City Square but one council belittled it as resembling an "old wiffel ball.' The council is slated to vote on the matter Tuesday.
Joliet city officials and Joliet Junior College are seeking to explore the creation of a public safety institute for the education and training of police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders.
A Kankakee County judge will preside over a lawsuit case filed by the former Joliet mayor who claims he was the victim of a conspiracy that led to his election loss.
City Hall promotes support of downtown sculpture amid public opposition. The dome project is on the Joliet City Council agenda posted late Friday afternoon.
The Joliet City Council was to vote Tuesday on the sculpture for the new city square downtown. “We want to talk a little more about it internally,” Mayor Terry D’Arcy said.
The City Council will vote Tuesday on a $197,000 commission to be awarded for a sculpture in the new Joliet city square.
A Ricky Rockets Fuel Center is coming, and the new Hollywood Casino Joliet is in business. But it's not clear what else is coming to Rock Run Collection.
The plan to provide downtown visitors with at least two hours of free street parking goes into effect on Labor Day.
A 5-4 vote by the Joliet City Council will keep in place 1% tax now imposed by state.
The City Council votes Tuesday whether to create the position, and city officials said they are already talking with one of the top people in the field for the job.
The City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a 1% local grocery tax to replace a state tax that goes away on Jan. 1.
It's time to put a name on statue outside Slammers Stadium, residents says so people can appreciate the Joliet native and former MLB star. City officials agree.
The City Council will vote Tuesday on 1% local grocery tax to replace the state tax that ends Jan. 1.
An appellate court upheld a ruling that a former inspector general for Joliet had no power to sue Illinois State Police for records of an investigation concerning the former mayor.
The city of Joliet Neighborhood Hero Award program celebrates residents who take great pride in maintaining their properties
John Bays he will fix up gravelly, unused city parking lot in Joliet to make room for tenants at new Bays Tower.
City of Joliet plans to move its vehicle maintenance division out of the old Chevy dealership and into a former Pace bus garage.
The City Council votes Tuesday on a health program that teams up paramedics with the Will County Community Health Center.
Joliet residents in the neighborhoods below the Interstate 80 bridges over the Des Plaines River want to see less crime, less vacant homes, more job development and more recreational places for youths.
Joliet OKs beer sales at new Fry the Coop restaurant in Joliet.
Mayor D'Arcy said Joliet needs more apartments if it wants a residency rule requiring newly hired workers to move into the city.
The fast-food giant already is renovating a former Arby's on Rt. 59 in Joliet and plans to take over another former Arby's on Jefferson Street as it maps out a return to the Chicago region.
The operating profit may have been the first in the theater's 99-year history, Executive Director Wade Welsh told the Joliet City Council on Monday.
A contract for supervisors in the Joliet Fire Department includes the same 50-mile rule allowing city workers to live outside Joliet.
Joliet has provided nearly $210,000 so far to restaurants, bars and other small businesses to offset impact of construction from $20 million downtown improvement project.
Diane Matter is the second neighbor of the future Love's truck stop in Joliet to say they were offered $100,000 to annex into the city and keep quiet about it.
A Joliet man remains missing since June 27 but police officers have located a vehicle they believe he was driving before he vanished.
Christine Johnson told the Joliet City Council it's time remove a ban that keeps her husband and another former guard at the old Joliet Correctional Center off the prison grounds.
Owner of Sidelines Sports Bar contests Joliet's new ordinance, but the City Council voted 5-3 to end packaged liquor sales at midnight for taverns.
The city of Joliet will designate a street in honor of Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez, who died in a training exercise in Lithuania.
The family of Terhan Foster Gordon, missing since Friday, asked the Joliet City Council for help in forming a search party to find him.
Joliet Mayor Terry D'Arcy says city needs to loosen residency rules to attract employees.
Joliet firefighters would be able to live as far as 50 miles away from the city while getting pay increases for the next four years, according to a proposed contract.
More than 30 people attended a meeting in Joliet organized by neighbors of a future JCA stadium, including two people with school connections who gave some insight into the project.
The Joliet City Council unanimously approved a settlement agreement on Friday to resolve litigation involving the city and two warehouse developers.
Joliet has called a special City Council for 9 a.m. Friday to vote on a legal settlement in the disputes between the city, CenterPoint Properties and NorthPoint Development.
Free street parking slated to start Sept. 1 in downtown Joliet. Parking in decks and commuter lots still will cost downtown visitors.
Council members on Tuesday said they are looking for a new director of cultural affairs and special events who can create events on an almost daily basis in Joliet.
The City Council votes Tuesday on free 2-hour street parking in downtown Joliet.
The Joliet City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to create a new position for director of cultural affairs and special events.
A plan for an on-campus stadium at Joliet Catholic Academy will wait at least another month before going to the city for a vote.
The Joliet City Council on Tuesday will consider a proposal that provides for free street parking up to two hours on downtown streets.
Attorneys defending several people against a conspiracy lawsuit filed by the former Joliet mayor are seeking to move the case outside of Will County.
The second meeting of the new Joliet District 5 advisory council will be at the Joliet Public Library Ottawa Branch.
Consultant hired to review effectives of city's six tax-increment financing zones aimed at promoting development.
A trial has been requested for a false arrest lawsuit against the City of Joliet and attorneys for the city have signaled the possibility of a settlement in a case over the in-custody death of Eric Lurry.