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UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 9:10 pm CT Replies(50) Joliet police have responded to 244 service calls at the Star Inn on West Jefferson Street as of Dec. 8. Several involved heroin overdoses, felony assaults, domestic violence trouble and people found dead in their rooms. (Image via John Ferak/Patch ) Joliet police have responded to 244 service calls at the Star Inn on West Jefferson Street as of Dec. 8. Several involved heroin overdoses, felony assaults, domestic violence trouble and people found dead in their rooms. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — The Joliet Police Depa...

UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 2:18 pm CT Replies(199) A man in Joliet died Thursday night following a vicious dog attack on Arthur Avenue. (John Ferak/Patch) JOLIET, IL — A 46-year-old man died at Silver Cross Hospital following a vicious pit bull attack at a Joliet house in the 1200 block of Arthur Avenue. At 6:27 p.m., a Joliet Fire Station 4 ambulance crew rushed to a house on Arthur Avenue for a dog bite incident, fire Chief Greg Blaskey said. The man, identified Friday as Erick J. Quinn of Joliet, was found on the floor with no pulse. He was not breathing, and a Joliet police officer per...

UpdatedSun, Dec 20, 2020 at 10:59 pm CT Replies(40) Marty Shanahan told Patch he will not be running for a seat on the Joliet City Council in the April 6 elections. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) ormer city of Joliet corporation counsel Marty Shanahan, the city has worked out a financial settlement to resolve Shanahan's lawsuit at the Will County Courthouse. Sources told Joliet Patch the settlement is about $200,000 for Shanahan, who has retained the Naperville law firm of Shawn Collins. As part of the settlement, Shanahan agrees he will not apply for any jobs at the city of Joliet for ...

UpdatedSat, Dec 19, 2020 at 11:46 pm CT Replies(79) MorningStar Mission is said to receive $4.3 million in coronavirus aid to purchase Joliet's Quality Inn at 135 South Larkin Ave. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — Joliet's zoning board of appeals, in a unanimous vote Thursday afternoon, rejected the MorningStar Mission's plan to convert Joliet's Quality Inn at 135 South Larkin Ave. into an emergency homeless shelter. In order for the homeless shelter project to happen, MorningStar Mission needs a rezoning variance and a special use permit from the Joliet City Council. The...

UpdatedThu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:33 pm CT Replies(18) The Beef Shack drive-thru on Jefferson Street is well poised for success during the pandemic. (Image via John Ferak/Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — During the last week of November 2018, I wrote about the grand opening of Joliet's first Beef Shack sandwich shop at 1606 West Jefferson St., and then like a ghost, I disappeared. Oh, I drove past the new Beef Shack literally hundreds of times these past two years, I just never stopped. When Beef Shack opened as a new Joliet restaurant, I was not sure whether it would sink or swim. So many restaura...