Joliet News

Following the death of founder and Executive Director Louise Ray earlier this year, the Forest Park Community Center's Board of Directors named longtime board President Tony Ray it's new executive director.

The downtown of the future could have a retro county courthouse, a government office campus and a town square for public events, according to City Manager Thomas Thanas' presentation to the Will County Board on Thursday.

A Naperville man already awaiting trial on arson and narcotics-related charges has new legal trouble, after being arrested for allegedly having a stolen computer in his home.

The John C. Houbolt exhibit will open in time to be part of this month's 40th anniversary celebrations of man's landing on the moon.

The city council Monday agreed to roll back an add-on property tax at Rock Run Business Park in hopes that the result will be a new employer with as many as 200 jobs.

The Joliet Police Department will be closing select roadways in Downtown Joliet starting at 8 AM Wednesday morning in preparation for Race Fan Rally.

A 47-year-old Crest Hill man died after being struck by a car Monday night. Chief Dwayne Wilkerson said Michael Wesolowski was crossing the street around 10:30 p.m. near a gas station in the 2400 block of Plainfield Road.

The annual dance recital for the Generation Dance Co. in Joliet was bittersweet for owner and director Roxiana Fuqua.

The show must go on, and Rachel Ferguson, 10, was waiting for another exciting fireworks display Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

A 41-year-old Joliet man told police he was injured in a home invasion late Tuesday on the 1300 block of Val A Verde Court.

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A house that had been under renovation was under demolition after a Sunday evening conflagration.

Tuesday 30 Jun Kansas City T-Bones Blank the Joliet JackHammers 4-0 - Northern League Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 12:49PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-JOLIET, Ill.

ACORN, which played a starring role in creating the subprime mortgage crisis, plans to add insult to injury by harassing lenders across the nation with protests tomorrow in an effort to coerce them into supporting President Obamaa TMs Making Home Affordable foreclosure-avoidance program.

Jun 29, 2009 3:07 pm US/Central JOLIET, Ill. A man who fatally shot a woman and dumped her body on the side of Interstate 57 near south suburban Peotone has been sentenced to 85 years in prison.

Resume writing tips are like fashion trends. What was in a few years ago may be out today.

Arlys Martinez a picky eater? No way. With husband Neil and daughter Charlize in tow, she marched up to the Taste of Polonia booth Saturday afternoon and ordered the lanzanki.

A man arrested eight years ago for allegedly running a door-to-door underage tattooing service was locked up again Thursday on charges he inked another two youths.

The two teenage suspects charged in connection with the shooting on the city's West Side earlier this month were bound over for trial on Thursday during their preliminary hearings.