Seeking the audience: Joliet Catholic church prays novena in autumn

JOLIET — In the evening of the year, the workday of the tree is complete. The tree has lost its leaves. It has gone dormant for the winter. Gone is the heat of the day, when the leaf-covered boughs bustled like the crowd at market. …Read More

• Commercial construction in Joliet on the rise in 2012

  

  It’s been a very good year for commercial construction in Joliet, the city’s chief building inspector reported last week. Dave Mackley said the city as of October had issued permits for $115 million worth of commercial construction, already way higher than the $87 million worth of construction permitted in all of 2011.
• Joliet budget includes money for more police officers
• Will County Drug Court participants get new place to call home
• Driver crashes van into house, faces charges
• Joliet’s own electoral college: Grade school students choose electives at Forest Park