A proposal to bring Lake Michigan water to Joliet via a pipeline from Chicago in the future has some balking at the projected high cost and who should bear the brunt of that cost. At a meeting on affordable water ...

Across the country and in every state, including Illinois, there is a shortage of nurses. Hospitals are doing everything they can to fill nursing jobs to care for patients. COVID-19’s latest surge exacerbates long-standing forces driving nursing shortfalls, prompting an ...

The Joliet Public Schools District 86 Board of School Inspectors, in coordination with the efforts of the Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Principals Association, recognize the week of October 24-30, 2021, as Principals Week in Illinois. The week ...

Do you know someone who should be recognized for their extraordinary service to the community? Joliet Junior College is seeking nominations for its annual J.D. Ross Extraordinary Service Award (ESA). Award nominations are due by Nov. 5, 2021.

Joliet- On October 21, 2021, at 1:40 PM, Officers responded to the 200 block of South Ottawa Street in reference to a report of a person shot. Upon arrival, Officers located an 18-year-old female victim who had been struck in ...

State officials visited Will County on Monday to recommit to a six-year plan aimed at a complete overhaul of the Interstate 80 corridor. Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation joined by local officials introduced the six-year plan ...

Joliet's "Haunted School" will once again open to the public on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 3 to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 24, from 2 to 6 p.m. When not taken over by ghosts and goblins, the school is St. ...

Northern Illinois Food Bank has joined the Partnership for a Healthier America’s (PHA) Healthy Hunger Relief initiative to further uplift the health and well-being of those in Northern Illinois. The Food Bank will work with PHA – the national nonprofit ...

Twelve Joliet Township High School musicians have been selected to the Illinois Music Education Association District I Band, Choir and Orchestra. The students auditioned in October by submitting a video containing etudes and other performance requirements. Thousands of students audition ...

WCSF-88.7 FM, the radio station of the University of St. Francis (USF) is hosting its annual Mega Music Rummage Sale on Saturday, October 23 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at USF’s St. Clare Campus, 1550 Plainfield Road in Joliet. ...

From retail sales jobs that pay an average hourly wage of nearly $14 to supervisors of production and operating workers positions with hourly average wages of more than $30, employment positions totaling 22,111 were available throughout the region in September, ...

Representatives from Country Financial presented members of the Joliet Police Department’s “Battle Buddy” veteran crisis intervention program with a donation of $1,500.00 to further assist Joliet area military veterans.

The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry launched a new sub-group under the chamber umbrella and will host a kick-off event on October 26. The Joliet Region Food and Beverage Association (JRFBA) was established after interest surfaced about forming ...

Thetimesweekly.com The Joliet Slammers are making several front office changes as they close out the 2021 season and begin preparations for 2022. Heather Mills, who has been with the team since 2013 and who has been General Manager since 2016 ...

Thetimesweekly.com Joliet, IL - The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry would like to announce that a new sub-group under the chamber umbrella has been created and will host a kick-off event on October 26. The Joliet Region Food ...