The City Council met again on Thursday to vote on the data center, which went through a public hearing that lasted more than six hours earlier in the week.

The city this week approved a drive-thru for a Culver's near the interchange serving the Rock Run Collection development

The Joliet City Council is likely to vote on the 795-acre data center project that had to be continued after a public hearing on Monday lasted more than six hours.

Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said the case attempting to remove a Joliet City Council member from elected office was not a "vindictive attack" nor an example of his office attacking minority candidates based on race.

The length of the hearing pushed the City Council meeting past midnight, meaning the vote would take place on Tuesday, which is the day of the primary election in Illinois.

Hundreds of people turned out for the Joliet City Council's hearing on the Hillwood and PowerHouse data center project on Monday night, March 16, 2026.

A judge ruled she “lacks the jurisdiction” to remove a Joliet City Council member from elected office based on an alleged pre-election violation regarding his residency.

City says public hearing on data center will still be 5:30 p.m. and vote will follow, but council meeting will start at 4:30 p.m.

About 50 showed up Saturday in Joliet for a two-hour protest against a proposed data center south of the city.

The City Council is slated to vote on the Joliet Technology Center on Monday.

The city on Thursday announced that data center developers have pledged $100 million contribution to Joliet days ahead of City Council vote on the project.

Lawyers say this is the first case in which a state's attorney's office has tried to remove an elected official based on pre-election residency requirements

The Joliet Plan Commission votes Thursday on the plan for a 795-acre data center, and the City Council will follow on March 16. Residents continue to question the development.

Joliet sets March 16 meeting for City Council vote on data center, which will be reviewed by the Plan Commission on Thursday.

Rev. Larry Ellis was a lifelong resident of the South End of Joliet, where he also was a community leader and a minister at St. Mark C.M.E. Church.

The City Council will vote Tuesday on a liquor license for The Matise, a venue being created downtown in one of the city's oldest church buildings.

A Joliet police officer who was under investigation by an outside law firm has been recommended for termination.

Joliet City Council member Juan Moreno still faces an effort to remove him from office. Lawyers met in court on Tuesday

City records show Joliet tallied $838,018 in legal costs to fight lawsuits from the former mayor that failed in court, as well as a lawsuit from former City Council member that remains ongoing.

A Joliet police officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation being conducted by an outside firm.

A page on city of Joliet website posts documents on proposed data center, including estimated electricity usage and property taxes over 30 years.

Money will be used to retrofit sections of the Ottawa Street parking deck to serve new City Square.

Executive at open house says Joliet Technology Center could be on special March 5 agenda for Plan Commission with City Council vote to follow.

The federal court order on Tuesday did not set a specific amount that the city should receive in reimbursement of litigation costs from the attorneys for former Joliet Mayor Bob O’Dekirk.

New Canaan Land Christian Church in Joliet held the annual Super Soul Bowl Sunday on Feb. 8, 2026, which received recognition from the city and several state lawmakers. The event uses Super Bowl Sunday as a fun way to connect the community with worship

The Super Soul Bowl Sunday celebration at a Joliet church received recognition for the city as a “beacon of hope, fellowship and service.”

Home builder D.R. Horton says there's a market demand for smaller houses, but council puts caps on how many.

Mayor Terry D'Arcy says series will bring good attention to Joliet and its police department.

New technology will allow the Joliet Police Department to predict officer burnout, according to s staff memo. The City Council, however, wants to hear more details.

The city of Joliet agreed to pay $87,000 to a Joliet man in exchange for him dropping his claims of false arrest and excessive force against two police officers, one of whom is the son of the deputy city manager.

Joliet's chief legal counsel said former Mayor Bob O'Dekirk's legal claims "have always been without merit." A federal judge has not yet ruled on a motion for sanctions against O'Dekirk's attorneys.

A Kankakee County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Joliet mayor who claims he was the victim of a conspiracy in 2020 to subject him to criminal charges.

City officials said Planning Director Jayne Bernhard alerted supervisors that she has family connections to the land eyed for a data center and has not been involved in planning for the project.

Joliet City Council approval didn't come easy, but a 6-3 vote gave green light for future football stadium and other new facilities at JCA.

Construction of new Joliet Catholic Academy athletic facilities should start in a few months.

Joliet Catholic Academy plans to begin construction in the spring if the city approves its plans.

Joliet resident has called on city to eliminate Flock cameras, but police say they have become an essential crime-fighting device.

The plan for Drauden Road was brought to the city in 2021 and 2023 without success.

Both sides seek summary judgments to either end case or remove Moreno from office before March trial.

Owners of Sharks in Crest Hill plans to open at two major Joliet intersections next to a Dunkin' and in a former 7/11.

Casa Catrina will replace the MyGrain Brewery brewpub, which closed in August 2023.

Joliet let the last agreement lapse in 2019 and then annexed land for the controversial NorthPoint Development warehouse plan.

A public hearing will be Tuesday on first boundary agreement since 2019. The gap between agreements with Joliet and Elwood made the NorthPoint annexation possible

City spokeswoman says vote expected "early in the new year." JCA has been told possibly Jan. 20. But no date has been set.

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City manager pointed to "jerry-rigged" system while urging approval for new stage lighting system. City also is looking for a new park manager.

Twenty people showed up at a Joliet City Council meeting to object to plans for a data center that was not on the council agenda. A state report warns Illinois data centers are sucking up the state's available electricity.

Budget is balanced with no new taxes, but city is adding 11 jobs that will pay salaries totalling $920,000.

City Council votes Tuesday on budget with 11 more employees as mayor warns that Joliet is on a path toward $1 million-a-week health insurance costs.

Students at Joliet Central are preparing to finish their Community Emergency Response Team training, making them one of three inaugural high school classes to complete the program.