Ben & Jerry's Naperville Scoop Shop is offering free cones on April 16th in celebration of Free Cone Day, partnering with the Naperville Humane Society and collecting donations for the organization.
Pretty Me Inc. is hosting its inaugural E3 Conference to celebrate mothers and daughters and empower them through self-love, communication, and personal development, while also providing financial relief to families through the E3 Academic Scholarship.
Plainfield residents and community leaders are calling for an immediate cease fire in Gaza, after more than 31,000 people were reported killed in the Israel-Hamas war, and following the racially motivated murder of a 6-year-old in the city.
Lewis University has launched a $50 million comprehensive campaign to support its mission of providing a liberal and professional education to students from diverse backgrounds, and has already raised over $40 million towards its goal.
Three new restaurants, Faiza, Halsted Street Dawgs, and Happy Bites, are opening or soon to open in Romeoville, offering a variety of food for the whole family to try.
Metalrays, a manufacturer of electric bicycles, has signed a lease on a 102,000 square foot space on Southcreek Parkway and plans to be operational at the end of June.
Senators Julie Morrison and Meg Loughran Cappel have introduced bills to curb the youth vaping epidemic by prohibiting the advertising, marketing, and promoting of electronic cigarettes and prohibiting electronic cigarettes purchased by mail, online, or through other remote sale methods from being shipped to anyone in the state other than a distributor or retailer.
The Joliet City Council voted 5-3 to approve a 295,000-square-foot Arcadia Cold Storage facility on 27 acres in the Joliet Logistics Park, despite concerns about increased truck traffic and the lack of a traffic plan.
Representative Avelar (D-85) has released a statement on the Governor's plan to close Stateville Prison, calling for transparency, stakeholder engagement, and an equitable transition for affected staff, and urging the community to engage with the process.
Taxpayers are encouraged to use electronic filing, collect all tax-related paperwork, ensure filing status is correct, report all taxable income, provide correct banking information, sign and date the return, and request an extension, if needed.
Joliet has been awarded $76 million from the Illinois EPA to enhance water infrastructure, which will enable the city to replace 31 miles of deteriorated and undersized water mains, replace fire hydrants and valves, and improve water quality.