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UpdatedFri, Feb 19, 2021 at 4:00 pm CT Replies(4) The fried catfish served during the Friday fish fries at the Knights of Columbus on Infantry Drive come from Mississippi. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch ) JOLIET, IL — As Don McLeans "American Pie" played over the sound system, a steady crowd trickled into the Joliet Knights of Columbus banquet hall on Infantry Drive around 2 p.m. Friday. Thats right. Families and couples were visiting mid-afternoon before the big dinner rush. The west si...

UpdatedThu, Feb 18, 2021 at 8:49 pm CT Replies(8) The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees approved Judy Mitchells retirement at Wednesday nights meeting. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL —Joliet Junior College President Judy Mitchell is leaving her position at the end of this year, school officials announced Thursday morning. Mitchell has been employed for 25 years with JJC and nearly five years as campus president. The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees approve...

UpdatedTue, Feb 16, 2021 at 9:23 pm CT Replies(58) Al Roechners two-year run as the permanent chief of police in Joliet came to an end in January. He accepted a $19,847 raise in exchange for submitting his retirement notice the next day. (Image via John Ferak/Patch ) JOLIET, IL — The city of Joliet gave Joliet Police Chief Al Roechner a salary increase of nearly $20,000 during his final days on the job in January as an incentive to retire, Joliet Patch confirmed through a series of Freedom o...

UpdatedThu, Feb 11, 2021 at 11:45 pm CT Replies(15) Genuine Care Cremation is a new business that opened in Shorewood. Its a sister business of the Tezak Funeral Home in Joliet. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet and Shorewood Patch Editor ) SHOREWOOD, IL — A new business sign just popped up this month along Jefferson Street that is unlike any other in the village of Shorewood. The sign proclaims "Genuine Care Cremation." Curious about the new sign, Joliet Patchs editor stopped by this week to fi...

UpdatedTue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:34 pm CT Replies(6) Tortilleria y Taqueria opened three years ago right next to Thayer Brothers Deli. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — Tacos Tuesdays. Who doesnt love Taco Tuesdays? The last time I wrote about an authentic Mexican restaurant in Joliet, the leaves were still on the trees and I was able to enjoy my meal sitting outside. On Tuesday, I visited a place Ive never been before. Its along one of my favorite restaurant roads in all...

UpdatedMon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:38 am CT Replies(3) Construction is set to begin this summer for a Joliet CarMax dealership on Route 59 near Theodore Street. (Image via Google Maps ) JOLIET, IL — April marks two years since the Joliet City Council approved several million dollars in sales tax incentives to attract the national used car company, CarMax, to expand to Joliet. Construction on the project hasnt started yet, but thats no reason for alarm. CarMax informed Joliet back in 2019 that it...

UpdatedWed, Feb 3, 2021 at 11:29 pm CT Replies(51) Joliet 19-year-old Rasean Stokes faced first-degree murder charges for the past year, but not anymore. (Mugshot via Will County Sheriffs Office ) JOLIET, IL — At age 18, Rasean Stokes was arrested by Joliet police on first-degree murder charges in connection with a shootout involving two cars heading in opposite directions near AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical last February. Stokes was not a shooter, he was driving one of the cars, accordi...

UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:08 pm CT Replies(20) Pastor Warren Dorris previously served 24 years on the Joliet City Council. Now, hes making a political comeback. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — The Dock at Inwood was busy Tuesday night and most of the crowd was coming for Warren Dorris political fund-raiser. Dorris served on the Joliet City Council from 1987 until 2011 when he lost his bid for mayor. Now, a decade later, Dorris is back, and hes energized about the Apri...

UpdatedFri, Jan 29, 2021 at 3:38 pm CT Replies(3) Chicagos Chicken Shack opened Friday in Crest Hill. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) CREST HILL, IL — A new takeout restaurant that opened at noon Friday has a simple menu because the owners of Chicagos Chicken Shack want customers impressed with all their food, not just some of their food. "Our menu is simple," remarked John Smelser, a North Beverly resident who is one of the co-owners. "Its fish, shrimp and chicken and its seasoned to ...

Pop's Italian Beef Coming To Joliet's Jefferson Street - Joliet, IL - Joliet Patch breaks another real estate story, this time revealing that Pop's will have a standalone restaurant on Joliet's west side.