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D'Arcy Has Lofty Plans For Several Gateways Into Joliet For 2024
Mayor Terry D'Arcy campaigned on improving beautification across Joliet. "And another thing, we're planting 900 trees this year," he said.
I was born in Joliet and grew up across from Nowell Park on the city's far east-side where I delivered the Joliet Herald-News. I attended grade school at St. Mary Nativity on Broadway. Some of my favorite memories growing up revolve around St, Joseph's Park where I played Little League baseball and had several Catholic Youth Organization basketball games.
At 13, our family moved to Plainfield. By the time I was 16, I knew I wanted to be a journalist. As a teen, I made a few extra bucks as a sports stringer for The Plainfield Enterprise taking photos and covering Plainfield's high school football and basketball games.
I graduated with a journalism degree from Eastern Illinois University. I have had a strong passion and commitment for public service journalism ever since. I am grateful to have covered so many different places throughout the greater Midwest.
After college, I worked for The South Bend Tribune, the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Omaha World-Herald and on the statewide investigative team for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, where I was based at The Post-Crescent in Appleton for five years.
I'm thrilled to be joining Patch as the Joliet Editor at this point in time when more and more people prefer to access their local news through web-only platforms and mobile devices.
Joliet and Will County always seem to have a lot of news going on, and I will do my best to bring you a superior news product.
Mayor Terry D'Arcy campaigned on improving beautification across Joliet. "And another thing, we're planting 900 trees this year," he said.
Visitors to Joliet coming from Interstate 55 now drive past the vacant Joliet Plaza Inn & Suites. When it gets torn down remains unknown.
A Los Angeles-based commercial real estate company just announced that Freddy's Custard will be opening in Joliet at 2307 W. Jefferson St.
"We've got 80,000 pound rigs flying down most of our streets downtown and how do we revitalize the downtown like that?" Mayor D'Arcy asked.
John "Pistol Pete" Shadbar is accused of tossing M-80s over his neighbor's fence before this week's shooting. He will remain in jail.
Joliet Patch is the only news outlet to showcase what the new Joliet Railroad Museum will look like. It opens Friday.
Friday marks the first home game for the Joliet Slammers independent baseball team under new owners Murray, Mike Veeck and son Night Train.
Both men face charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm.
Joliet's AM radio station, 1340 WJOL broke the news regarding the sudden and unexpected displacement of hundreds of Joshua Arms residents.
She also is known by the name "Jade King," Joliet's Police Department wanted everyone to know.
Joliet police raided the North Raynor Avenue apartment unit of Darrius Hayes after stopping his Jeep in the 900 block of Clement Street.
Jacoby Hamilton meets the dangerous standard of the SAFE-T-Act, Judge Fred Harvey ruled. Hamilton's crash killed a Joliet husband and wife.
Upon arrival, Joliet police found an occupied Mercedes-Benz C300 with a missing registration in the rear of the Jefferson Street business.
It is believed at this time that 35-year-old Martel Poole used a stun gun on the victim and bit her on the neck, Joliet police said.
Shorewood already started the engineering process to replace and reconfigure the Seil Road bridge and roadway prior to IDOT's reports.
In another Joliet Patch exclusive, Joliet's first-term mayor was interviewed at City Hall to discuss the pitfalls and challenges he faced.
Menopause The Musical 2 is a hilarious and heartfelt look at the joys of menopause and friendship, Rialto marketing officials noted.
Naperville's 39-year-old Brandon Vogel fled the residence prior to arrival of the Joliet police officers, authorities said.
A Plainfield man crashed his truck into two different vehicles and erroneously claimed that someone shot at him, Joliet police noted.
As many as seven teenagers may have been involved in last week's attack, shortly after Plainfield South High School emptied for the day.