Thursday, May 16, 2013
A resolution in support of the gun law was approved with a 15-6 vote, with the majority favoring it for the "protection of citizens," officials said.
The following article was supplied by Will County: The Will County Board today approved a resolution supporting legislation allowing Illinois residents the right to carry concealed firearms. The resolution does not allow Will County residents the right to conceal carry, as the Illinois legislature must still pass a law. Illinois is the only state that does not allow citizens to carry concealed firearms in public, and faces a June 9th deadline to draft such a law. “We had a healthy and open debate today about concealed carry,” said Speaker Herbert Brooks, Jr. “Not everyone agreed to this proposed change in Illinois law, but everyone did respect the democratic process that provides for discussion and deliberation about issues important to …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A Holiday Inn Express and Candlewood Suites would anchor the development, which also calls for 8,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space.
A two-hotel development with an attached restaurant and 8,000-square-foot conference center would be built on Houbolt Road, just off Interstate 80, under plans submitted to the city of Joliet. The project calls for a 120-room, five-story Holiday Inn Express and an 80-room Candlewood Suites that would share a lobby area, outdoor patio garden, swimming pool and other amenities, Joliet Planner Jim Torri said. It's proposed for a location northwest of Houbolt and I-80, behind an existing Burger King on Rock Creek Boulevard, Torri said. Assuming the development wins city approval for variances on such issues as building and sign height, construction could be under way this summer and work completed by spring 2014, he said. It is the second …
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Rock Creek Blvd & Houbolt Rd, Joliet, IL
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Of the 75,000 home and business owners eligible to drop the utility via electric aggregation, between 8 percent and 10 percent did, officials said.
Between 6,000 and 7,500 home and small business owners in Joliet dropped ComEd as their electricity provider through the city-orchestrated electric aggregation program, officials said. That's between 8 percent and 10 percent of the 75,000 residences and businesses eligible to take advantage of the group purchase of electricity in a deal negotiated by the Will County Governmental League. Most Joliet residents have seen a 25 percent to 30 percent drop in their electric bill, depending on their usage, since the program went into effect in February, governmental league Executive Director Steve Quigley said. Electricity is being purchased from FirstEnergy Solutions. "They're basically getting a couple of months of free electricity," Quigley …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Under a new ordinance, Channahon residents will be allowed to drive golf carts on Village roadways.
If you see your neighbor driving down the street in a golf cart, don’t slam on the brakes, hit yourself over the head and mutter under your breath, “Holy, Bubba Watson! Was that a hovercraft?” Because chances are, your neighbor will be driving around in an ordinary old golf cart, not something out of a Bubba Watson/PGA Tour fantasy YouTube video. Under an ordinance recently passed by the Village board, Channahon residents now will be allowed to drive golf carts on Village roadways having a posted speed of 35-mph or less. No kidding. How did all of this come about? “I think what happened is the mayor had some people inquire about it,” Channahon Village Administrator Joe Pena said. “He had the (police) chief put together an ordinance. And …
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Village of Channahon
24555 S Navajo Dr, Channahon, IL
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
Leapfrog Group measures how safe hospitals are for patients and grades them on an A-F scale.
In recent days and weeks, the folks at Morris Hosptial & Healthcare Centers have endured flooding that forced evacuation of patients and led to massive clean-up efforts. Through it all, the hospital has retained its 'A' grade service. Janet Long, public relations manger for the hospital, said Morris Hostpial & Healthcare Centers earned an 'A' rating for the third straight time since Leapfrog Group's Hospital Safety Score report was launched in June of 2012. Using an A, B, C, D, F scale, the Hospital Safety Score report evalutes hospitals' surgical outcomes and use of evidence-based patient safety processes on 26 performance measures, Long said. She said Leapfrog Group's letter grade reflects how safe hosptials are for patients with respect…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The three-day electronic music festival, which tours all over the country, will be unlike anything every produced in the Chicago area.
You may not have heard of the Electric Daisy Carnival, but chances are you'll know it's in town come Memorial Day weekend. In something of a coup for Chicagoland Speedway, the three-day electronic music festival will take over the Joliet racetrack with five live music stages, huge electric art installations, "immersion" art, carnival rides and circus-style performers. About 30,000 people will attend daily, 5,000 of whom will camp on the racetrack grounds at Route 53 and Laraway Road. That's about a third the size of race weekend crowds, but enough to pump as much as $134 million into the Joliet economy based on the numbers generated by a similar-sized Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas a few years ago. That event has since grown and now …
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S Chicago St & W Laraway Rd, Joliet, IL
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Area residents will have an opportunity to renew their drivers' licenses at a location close to home on June 11.
Need to renew your driver's license? Want to avoid long lines? How about taking advantage of a mobile service? Secretary of State Jesse White announced in February that his Moble Driver Services Unit will be at the Troy Township Community Center, 25448 Seil Road, Shorewood, on June 11, according to post in the Troy Township Communicator, a newsletter for residents. Illinois residents will be able to renew their drivers' licenses, obtain duplicate or corrected licenses and obtain Illinois identification cards between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on June 11, according to the Township post. A "Rules of the Road Review Course" will be given from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Anyone interested in participating in the event is asked to call 815-744-1963 to pre-register…
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Troy Township
25448 Seil Rd, Shorewood, IL
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Joliet City Council OK'd the designation, and presented the school's owner -- the Joliet Junior College Foundation -- with a historic preservation award.
The Cronin School, a one-room schoolhouse built in 1863 and tucked away on the Joliet Junior College campus, was officially made a local Joliet landmark by the Joliet City Council Tuesday night. And just minutes later, at the same meeting, the Joliet Historic Preservation Commission's** seventh annual Historic Preservation Award was presented to the JJC Foundation, which preserved the old school and is responsible for maintaining it and making it available to school children and the public. It was a fitting tribute for both the historic building, which is celebrating its 150th year, and the foundation, which relocated the school to JJC and fully restored it. "It's a great project, and we're really very appreciative of what JJC has done …
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Cathy Dr & Houbolt Rd, Joliet, IL
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The Towne Center fountain will be turned on and fireworks will be launched to mark the completion of Shorewood's Veteran's Memorial Park on Monday, May 27.
A children's parade is planned. Then, there will be a dedication and wreath-laying ceremony. A bicentennial pops orchestra will play. Then, they'll flip the switch on the fountain at the Veteran's Memorial site near the entrance to Shorewood's Towne Center and launch fireworks. And, at long last, a project that Shorewood mayor Rick Chapman personally has worked to oversee for two years will be in the books thanks, in part, to donations from local residents and business leaders. Chapman and Rev. G.A. Klima—father of Shorewood police chief Aaron Klima—will speak during a Memorial Day celebration to mark the occasion on Monday, May 27, said Village of Shorewood executive assistant Toni Dulny. She said the program will begin at 7:30 p.m. …
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Village of Shorewood
1 Towne Center Blvd, Shorewood, IL
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A new program offered by the Shorewood-Troy Library will allow shut-ins to check out books and have them delivered to their doorstep.
Do you know someone who is ill or homebound? Perhaps you can introduce them to a bit of springtime sunshine through a program offered by the Shorewood-Troy Library. The library is now offering home delivery service to home-bound individuals holding a Shorewood library card, according to a post on the library's website. The list of eligible patrons runs the gamut from senior citizens and the injured or ill to post-pregnancy mothers and individuals with disabilities. Brochures and applications are available at the library's circulation desk. You can contact the library by phone 815-725-4368 and learn more about the program by visiting by visiting the library's home service website page.
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Shorewood-Troy Library
650 Deerwood Dr, Shorewood, IL
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Jax
12:36 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Will county wants this because they see that Joliet is becoming a sanitation pool like Detroit is. Nobody wants to come to the city of Joliet cause its a scummy city with a high crime rate...and a lot of gangs problems for such a small city. We need cops that aren't afraid to get their hands dirty cleaning up the streets. We also need judges and law makers that stop going easy on criminals. but … more ›