Failing to enforce rules for face coverings in Illinois could now result in fines. Building on efforts to protect Illinois' workers and communities in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker announced that the Illinois Department of Public ...

Former Joliet City Manager Jim Hock has been hired to fill in as interim city manager to replace Steve Jones. After a closed session that lasted about 30 minutes, the City Council emerged and voted unanimously during a special meeting ...

Students from another large school district in Will County will be starting the new school year learning remotely from home. The Valley View School District 365U Board of Education on Thursday voted 5-2 in favor of a full remote learning ...

The United States Census Bureau has accelerated the timeline to complete all 2020 Census counting efforts. Starting now, Census takers will visit homes that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census. Census takers will wear masks and follow local ...

Will County, like all counties in Illinois and throughout the country, received a substantial amount of federal money to assist non-profit organizations and small businesses to local governments, farms, homeless shelters and food pantries adversely impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Axioms are statements that, according to definition, are “regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.” When referring to commercial/industrial development, for example, infrastructure follows development and is seldom the other way around. Will County has experienced that in the ...

Project Acclaim & the City of Joliet selected 28 properties for the 2020 Neighborhood Hero Award. Neighborhood Hero Award program recognizes properties with outstanding yards that include maintained lawns, flowers, shrubs and decorative trees. By showing great pride in their ...

Realtors and landlords in Joliet who strongly oppose a proposed ordinance revision that would require inspections of single family rental properties received a temporary reprieve Tuesday from the City Council.

Action taken by the Plainfield Village Board will allow the Pace bus company to ultimately add more service routes in the area. The board Monday approved the site plan a bus maintenance and storage garage for Pace at the Plainfield ...

As our region cautiously reopens, Pace continues to work with communities, schools and businesses to keep service operating safely and plan the path forward. The agency also needs passenger input to help guide their decisions.

thetimesweekly.com The website still contains all the helpful content as before, but it has a fresh, updated look and is easier to navigate for taxpayers. The Supervisor of Assessments continues to prioritize keeping the office technologically advanced, so that we ...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul late last week released the first annual Disability Rights Bureau Investigation and Technical Assistance Activity report for fiscal year 2019-2020. The report is being released as the nation celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Americans with ...

Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) last Friday introduced a bill to designate the U.S. Post Office facility located at 303 E. Mississippi Ave. in Elwood, Illinois, as the Lawrence M. “Larry” Walsh Sr. Post Office Building.

At a hearing on Friday of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) highlighted the work done and investments made during the Obama administration that are directly responsible for the successes of current vaccines in ...