February is Black History Month and some of our local schools and facilities have ways you can celebrate. See below for a host of events to fill up your calendar with!
Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence.
Plans to build a multi-family housing complex for supportive, long-term addiction recovery for women and their children, proposed by the Volunteers of America organization, will not go forward. The Joliet City Council Tuesday removed the permit request from the...
Every February since 1926, the United States' honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shape the nation. Black History Month celebrates the rich cultural heritage, triumphs and adversities that are an indelible part of our...
The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry has once again joined nearly fifty Chambers across the state in urging the Illinois Legislature to provide additional economic and regulatory relief for businesses. Chambers All In for Economic Recovery is...
Will County Center for Community Concerns Inc. in partnership with Joliet Township will offer FREE Volunteer Income Tax Assistance starting February 2022 and ending April 2022 if you earned less than $56,000 last year.
Due to COVID documents will be...
Joliet Township High School is proud to announce that the Joliet West High School Boys Bowling Team won the title of Third Place IHSA State Boys Bowling Champions at the 2022 IHSA Boys Bowling State Championship on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon, Illinois.
Joliet Township High School Students of the Month are nominated and selected based on character, responsibility, and academic performance or improvement.
Stop NorthPoint LLC will be hosting its first Bingo Night on Saturday Feb 5th at 4:00 PM at Stone City VFW Post 2199 in Joliet. Silent auction, games & prizes, meet & greet, bingo, and dinner. Stop NorthPoint lead attorney, Bob Fioretti, will be in attendance.
Currently, Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 2,589,640 cases, including 29,099 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. As of last week, 7,320 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 1,148 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit and 657 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators. Updated data analysis shows almost 90% of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois are unvaccinated.
John F. Kennedy Middle School eighth-grader Sofia Mercado wrote a letter to Civil Rights advocate Edith Lee-Payne, prompting her to visit the school and speak to the entire eighth-grade class about her experiences in the Civil Rights movement.
