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Joliet, Illinois is located in Will County. Zip codes in Joliet, IL include 60435, 60432, and 60436. More Joliet information.

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11 min ago | Lincoln-Way Sun

Shooting linked to burglary, 11 arrests

Joliet police arrested 11 people and recovered nine guns, including one used to shoot a 23-year-old man Saturday night.

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Thu Dec 24, 2009

Herald News

Joliet unemployment rate up from October

Joliet's unemployment rate remained above 12 percent for the month of November. According to Illinois Department of Employment Security statistics released Tuesday, the city's rate was 12.5 percent, up slightly from October's 12.4 percent.

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Wed Dec 23, 2009

Herald News

Club helps Joliet woman read

Despite glaucoma, macular degeneration and cataracts, Lucy Johnson, 77, of Joliet, runs "The God Squad," a youth group of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Joliet.

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Tue Dec 22, 2009

Examiner.com

Chicago area Psychic Readings Sunday Dec 27th / 2009 with Edward Shanahan in Joliet

Edward Shanahan will be doing public Psychic Readings for the last time in 2009.

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

WBBM-AM Chicago

Man stabbed in head with screwdriver

A 44-year-old man was allegedly stabbed in the head with a screwdriver by the husband of the woman he was dropping off home early Sunday morning in southwest suburban Joliet, police said.

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Sun Dec 20, 2009

Herald News

Joliet tax hike isn't enough

The city council's vote Tuesday to raise taxes is not likely to be a solution to Joliet's financial problems.

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Sat Dec 19, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Truck full of toys stolen in Joliet recovered

Two men are probably on Santa's naughty list after allegedly taking criminal steps to make sure they got a lot of toys anyway.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009

Herald News

Joliet bar gets liquor license and is set to open

Hammers Sports Bar and Grill is slated to open Monday in the shopping center at Black and Infantry roads.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009

WICD

Deer Harvest Successful

Illinois- Hunters in Illinois harvested nearly 47-hundred deer during this year's muzzle loader season.

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Bolingbrook Sun

Court dismisses Will County smoking charges

Charges were dismissed Wednesday in six cases involving alleged violations of the state's ban against smoking cigarettes in public.

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CBS2Chicago.com

Police Swarm Joliet Bank, Find Text Message Prank

Share + Comments Dec 17, 2009 7:15 am US/Central JOLIET, Ill. A Joliet man has lots of explaining to do, after a joke went horribly wrong.

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Wed Dec 16, 2009

Lincoln-Way Sun

Easter Seals hosts open house in Joliet

Easter Seals celebrated 60 years of service in 2009, including an open house for the newly remodeled and expanded child care program at 212 Barney Drive, Joliet .

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Tue Dec 15, 2009

Lincoln-Way Sun

Joliet to shutter recycling center

The city will close the recycling drop-off center at 818 Cass St. on Dec. 21. The city, in partnership with Will County, monitored and sustained the recycling center throughout 2009, transitioning it into an unstaffed facility.

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Mon Dec 14, 2009

Herald News

Joliet firefighters, youths team up to holiday shop

Sam's Club on Larkin Avenue was bustling with a very special group of Christmas shoppers early Sunday.

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Sun Dec 13, 2009

The Times

Illinois prisons shave terms, secretly release inmates

Repeat drunk drivers, drug users and even people convicted of battery and weapons violations are serving less than three weeks' total time behind bars under a secret change in policy by Illinois Gov.

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Sat Dec 12, 2009

Herald News

Joliet schools eye uniforms

Joliet Township High School District wants to hear what folks think about its dress code policy and perhaps requiring school uniforms.

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Fri Dec 11, 2009

MyFoxChicago

Teen Killed in Car Crash

A southwest suburban teen was killed after apparently losing control of a car and crossing into oncoming traffic Friday morning in Joliet.

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Thu Dec 10, 2009

Herald News

Joliet, New Lenox open warming shelters

Joliet and New Lenox announced the opening of cold shelters Wednesday as temperatures plunged.

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Wed Dec 09, 2009

CBS2

Driver Cited, Injured After Flipping Ambulance

Share + Dec 9, 2009 10:47 pm US/Central ELWOOD, Ill. The driver of an ambulance was seriously injured and has been cited Wednesday after the ambulance he was driving flipped over in southwest suburban Elwood.

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CBS2

Higher Court Reverses Woman's Smoking Conviction

Share + Dec 9, 2009 12:20 pm US/Central JOLIET, Ill. Late last year, a Will County jury found a southwest suburban Joliet woman guilty of violating the state's smoking ban.

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