The City of Joliet announced the three winning names for the city’s new snowplows. Throughout January, elementary and junior high school students from Joliet Public Schools District 86 were invited to submit their most creative names for the plows.

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.

Officials in several northern Illinois counties say regulating steer-tailing events at backyard rodeos is up to state legislators, but charges filed in McHenry County could prove otherwise

The free, all-ages event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 at Four Rivers Environmental Education in Channahon.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where Will County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

In the past, the festival has been spread out across different locations in downtown Plainfield. Plainfield Fest will be held July 17-19.

The Illinois Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children has expanded its food package offerings to give families more flexible dietary options.

“This was our best opening day ever,” Mike Dillon said, co-owner of Walt's Ice Cream in Joliet of the Sunday turnout. “We had five or six cars in the parking lot before we even opened. People wanted to be the first customers of the year.”

Silver Cross occupies approximately half the offices under a long-term lease.