Bob Okon

The Will County State's Attorney's Office is challenging Juan Moreno legitimacy to hold office on a residency rule while the state electoral board is demanding payment on fines for campaign violations.

Both workshops are at 6:30 p.m. and at Joliet City Hall, which is at 150 W. Jefferson St.

The Joliet City Council on Tuesday will vote on a $63,733 grant for Cut 158 Chophouse, which is part of a restaurant corporation that to date has received more than $168,000 from the city program.

Lengthy and controversial debates over the Will County budget and how to pay for it will amount to roughly a $10 savings for taxpayers, according to one board member.

City officials say they're willing to give up land to Forest Preserve District of Will County.

City Council also will vote on $54.5 million property tax levy for next year.

Republicans want to use county cash reserves to cover the deficit in the 2026 budget.

The three-year lease agreement includes 135 acres of open land that the Forest Preserve District of Will County is interested in buying.

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.

The fire broke out early Sunday morning on Westport Drive.

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

Local truckers left Joliet Saturday morning for an annual pilgrimage that took them to Chicago and on to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines.

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.

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.