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Patch.com
March 18, 2018
JOLIET, IL - These days, one of the most stable lines of work in the city entails the demolition trade. Craned armed with a wrecking ball are knocking down the old First Midwest Bank at Jefferson and Ottawa Streets. A couple miles up the road crews are tearing down the empty Silver Cross Hospital. Now, theÃâà...
Patch.com
March 17, 2018
JOLIET, IL - About 45 minutes before bar closing time, several patrons of Izzy's Bar were horrified as someone walked inside and fatally shot 52-year-old bartender Danny Rios in the back of his head. Then the bar owner's son, Thomas Izquierdo, was shot in the abdomen. Another bullet was fired at one ofÃâà...
Patch.com
March 16, 2018
JOLIET, IL - Saturday is St. Patrick's Day but several people around Will County won't be available to party because they are in the Will County Adult ... ANTHONY JOHN RATHBUN JR., 39, 1900 block of Maserati Drive, Joliet, arrested by Illinois State Police on two counts of driving under the influence, twoÃâà...
Patch.com
March 16, 2018
JOLIET, IL - Law enforcement agencies across Will County remain vigilant in their pursuit of people suspected of dealing drugs. Many of these suspected drug dealers end up in jail on charges related to heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine. Last week, the Joliet Police Department picked up ObinnaÃâà...
Patch.com
March 12, 2018
"In addition, you are ordered not to discuss this investigation with anyone, with the exception of your union representation, personal attorney and or investigators assigned to the death investigation of Samantha Harer in Channahon, IL." On Friday, Joliet Patch obtained Flores' employee personnel file asÃâà...
Patch.com
March 11, 2018
SHOREWOOD, IL - If every day is like Saturday for the Will County Brewing Company, then it's only a matter of time before Jamie Albert, James Kennedy and Eric Wills replace Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett as America's richest businessmen. There was a lot of hype around the Joliet and PlainfieldÃâà...
Patch.com
March 11, 2018
JOLIET, IL - They come from all over the region. Some are city residents of Joliet. Others have a domicile in communities such as Wilmington and Bolingbrook. But they all share a common bond. They are cellmates at the Will County Adult Detention Facility. Here's a sampling of several recent detentionsÃâà...
Patch.com
March 11, 2018
JOLIET, IL - The Joliet Fire Department reported that Saturday afternoon's response call to a retention pond in the Wesmere subdivision involved a death. The fire department's Station 9 district sent its divers and a boat along with fire engine 9 and truck 9 for a water rescue operation. Later in the afternoon,Ãâà...
Patch.com
March 11, 2018
A popular Joliet resident, Danny Rios was killed during a targeted slaying at 1:15 a.m. Friday inside Izzy's Bar on Theodore Street. ... JOLIET, IL - In times of terrible tragedy people around Joliet and Will County have a giving heart and that is evident with the immediate response to Friday's early morningÃâà...
Patch.com
March 10, 2018
JOLIET, IL - The Joliet Police Department say the suspect of Friday morning's deadly shooting inside Izzy's Bar at 507 Theodore St is in custody. Joliet Police released a statement late Friday morning declaring that Patrick K. Gleason, who lives in the 1600 block of Dearborn Street in Crest Hill, is theÃâà...
Patch.com
March 4, 2018
JOLIET, IL - On Sunday, Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk took to his Facebook page to set the record straight regarding an unsettling weekend incident involving the Joliet Police Department's SWAT team. Someone familiar with the incident told Joliet Patch there was a five-hour standoff on Saturday involving theÃâà...
Patch.com
March 2, 2018
JOLIET, IL - A GoFundMe page seeking to raise $3,000 has been established to help the family of Mateo Alvarez cover their son's funeral expenses. Mateo was struck by a car while riding his tricycle shortly before dinner time on Wednesday on Landau Avenue on Joliet's east side. On Friday, the WillÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
JOLIET, IL - The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a temporary ramp closure will take place on the ramp that carries traffic from eastbound Interstate 80 to northbound Center Street, in Joliet, weather permitting, Tuesday, March 13. The ramp closure is necessary for pavement patchingÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
JOLIET, IL - On Tuesday evening several cars were involved in an apparent collision on Joliet's McDonough Street Bridge over the Des Plaines River. Chicago's Fox 32 sent its helicopter to the scene to provide overhead footage, although it's dark. The TV station reported up to 11 cars were involved in theÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
JOLIET, IL - Billy Ray Jones, a repeat drunk driver, has remained in the Will County Jail after being arrested by the Joliet Police Department following a horrendous crash on Essington Road Saturday night that left another motorist badly injured. According to the criminal complaint, the 48-year-old Jones,Ãâà...
The Herald-News
December 31, 1999
The plunge is the single largest year-round fundraising program benefiting Special Olympics Illinois. It has raised more than $47 million over 32 years while increasing awareness of Special Olympics athletes and their accomplishments. There also is a Polar Donut Dash 5K held in conjunction with the PolarÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
JOLIET, IL - The detentions keep on coming at the Will County Adult Detention Facility. Several new inmates have been taken into custody and placed into the county jail in downtown Joliet. Here's your latest roundup of new incarcerations from across Will County. JOHN GROLL, 37, 1100 block of CoventryÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
JOLIET, IL - Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil announced on Tuesday night that the woman who was killed while traveling along Interstate 80 in ... The Illinois State Police said the westbound crash occurred at 2:18 p.m. O'Neil said Cullen was rushed to Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet,Ãâà...
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