Joliet City Council

The Joliet electoral board on Monday removed both Jim Lanham and Marzell Richardson III from the 2025 city council ballot.

The Joliet region has been a busy place in 2024, with a lot of business development, infrastructure projects and new housing coming in. But the region also saw some tragedy with a mass shooting and the death of a toddler from neglect and drugs.

The Joliet Police Department will begin using artificial intelligence technology designed to write police reports and provide language translation on the street.

The Joliet electoral board's next hearing is now set for 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 23 for City Council candidates Crawford, Lanham and Richardson. The meeting was originally scheduled for Wednesday.

Joliet Councilwoman Quillman says imposters try to get into house posing as city water inspectors.

City Manager Beth Beatty fired former IG nearly a year ago, says spot will be filled in 2025.

NorthPoint opponents object to the city of Joliet using its eminent domain power but city officials say they're obligated by previous anniexation agreement.

The City of Joliet gas tax will now be 5 cents for regular gasoline, 11 cents for diesel fuel

Developer wants to build houses in Joliet on land next to D'Arcy Motors on Essington Road. The plan goes to the Plan Commission for review on Thursday.

Joliet city officials say higher gas tax would cost most motorists less than $10 a year while truckers will pay more.

The city of Joliet is developing a grant program for Chicago Street businesses to help protect jobs and sustain business operations during and after the downtown construction. The City Council will review Tuesday,

The Joliet electoral board sustained objections to one candidate for next year’s City Council election and continued the hearing to next Wednesday for the remaining two candidates.

A Will County judge found a former Joliet city manager not guilty of driving under the influence following a trial where his attorney claimed he was subjected to biased treatment by police.

Guerrero moves on after historic first term in at-large council seat,

Property tax levy going up 6.5%, but Joliet city officials say only 1% will be paid by existing homeowners.

The Joliet electoral board on Tuesday held a hearing that involves a former city employee objecting to four candidates being on the ballot in the April City Council election.

Joliet City Council holds public hearings Tuesday on property tax levy and 2025 budget.

Women and children won’t be the only residents in a residential recovery complex for female addicts to be built in Joliet. Spouses of the women will be allowed at Hope Manor Village.

A former Joliet city employee claims in a lawsuit that a former city manager and two others fired her in 2022 in retaliation for exercising her rights under the Family Medical Leave Act.

A developer wants to build Vista Ridge, the largest subdivision on the far west side of Joliet in 20 years, and is putting some pressure on the city to approve its plan in December.

Joliet Mayor D'Arcy holds off on denial of liquor license for BP station near Houbolt Road.

City looks to make changes in 2016 health plan.

New insurance coverage would only affect non-union employees.

Joliet Planning Director Jim Torri on Friday is wrapping up a 34-year career with the city that started with an internship out of college in 1990.

The three at-large Joliet City Council positions will be on the ballot on April 1 when elections are held for city councils, village boards, school boards and most local elected offices.

Joe Belman was a B-17 gunner on 36 combat missions in WWII. Back home, he became a union leader and political advocate.

John Mezera, the city manager who headed city hall for 21 years as Joliet was transformed from a Rust Belt town with high unemployment to one of the fastest growing cities, died Saturday.

Joliet City Council approved a plan for a Dunkin' along Collins Street that staff says could lead to traffic backing up onto Liberty Street.

A Joliet man recently acquitted of a felony charge has filed a lawsuit claiming excessive force and false arrest against two officers, one of whom is the son of Joliet’s deputy city manager.

New Interstate 80 bridges over the Des Plaines River will come with $3.5 million in state money for improvements to neighborhoods below.

Joliet Library wants to start remodeling project in 2025 on Black Road Branch, but needs City Council OK for increase in property tax levy.

The city of Joliet will be working with the state of Illinois on an engineering study for a potential grade separation project at the Laraway Road and Union Pacific Railroad grade crossing.

Jack in the Box, which had a restaurant in downtown Joliet more than 40 years ago, plans to take over a closed Arby’s location at 2101 Route 59.

Automating the Ottawa Street deck is one more step by the city of Joliet as it changes parking downtown.

The City Council on Tuesday voted 9-0 to build the Cunningham Neighborhood Park conceived as a means to move sex offenders out of a nearby apartment house.

Joliet City Council votes Tuesday on a grant that could lead to millions in federal funds for neighborhood improvements around River Walk Homes.

The Joliet City Council will vote Tuesday on plans to move ahead with a city park on North Center street originally conceived as a potential deterrent to an apartment housing sex offenders.

A national tour addressing the maternal health crisis in the U.S. made its latest stop in Joliet.

The $12 million levee has been in the works since 2019, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency designated a section of Joliet's downtown a floodplain.

The tram is one more step the city of Joliet has taken to encourage small businesses downtown during a lot of construction that is intended to remake the district.

City meeting on Thursday follows a break in 60-year tradition of Mexican Independence Day parades in Joliet.

Joliet City Council votes 7-2 to use federal grant for $95,000 tram that would serve downtown district.

The increases, which will take effect after the next election, are the first for Joliet mayors and council members since 2001. No one showed up at the Tuesday council meeting to object to the pay hikes.

The Joliet City Council votes Tuesday on whether to use $95,000 federal grant for 15-passenger tram to serve the downtown district.

Joliet City Council votes Tuesday on first pay hike since 2001. Package ups pay 21%, adds 2% annual raises for future.

The Joliet City Council votes Tuesday on plan for first pay hike since 2001. Proposal includes automatic 2% increases in future years.

The JJC Board of Trustees this week could not agree on 5 different candidates for a vacant trustee position. The decision could go to the chairman of the Illinois Community College Board if the trustees can't reach agreement.

Capacity of West Side Wastewater Treatment plant will be expanded to 18 million gallons a day.

The International Day of Peace Celebration & Peace Walk in Joliet featured speeches, tables with informational literatures and a walk showing attendees’ commitment to peace.

No parade this year, but Councilman Guerrero said a council committee will look into reviving the 60-year tradition.