Bob Okon

The family of Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr. was joined by city officials and roughly 100 residents outside his boyhood home in Joliet for a ceremony dedicating Albert Avenue in his honor on Friday.

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.

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.

Many city workers already live outside Joliet since a residency rule was eliminated in 2009 before being reinstated in 2016 for union employees.

The city announced that the Black Road-Ruby Street connection at 6 corners will be closed starting Tuesday for ongoing water main work.

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 first mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus this year in Will County were found in Joliet.

Two nearby parking lots will be closed before the fireworks, and westbound traffic on Jefferson Street will be diverted after the show.

The city of Joliet will designate a street in honor of Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez, who died in a training exercise in Lithuania.

Live music, food vendors and fireworks are part of the July 3 celebration at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park in Joliet.

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.

One of the oldest Little League organizations in the United States is making plans for its next 74 years with the help of the Joliet Slammers, Rotary Club of Joliet, and other local businesses and organizations.