UpdatedSat, May 15, 2021 at 12:45 am CT
Replies(21)
Burger King wants to demolish its existing restaurant at Joliet s 400 East Cass St. and build a new and improved restaurant on the property. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch )
JOLIET, IL If you were thinking Joliet s east side
Burger King restaurant at 400 East Cass St. was looking rundown and the parking lot had seen its better days, you were right. Even the owners of Burger King agree the building and parking lot are outdated.
On April 30, representatives with Burger King notified the city of Joliet of plans to demolish the existing fast-food restaurant. Burger King wants to build a new fast-food restaurant on the same property, at the corner of Cass and Collins Street, not far from the Joliet Central High School campus.
Top 60 All-Time Greatest Jays: #6 Jesse Barfield
Share this story
Jesse Lee Barfield | RF | 1981-1989
Jessie Barfield was born on October 29, 1959, in Joliet, Illinois. He is the father of former San Diego and Cleveland infielder
Josh Barfield and
Jeremy Barfield, who was drafted by the Oakland A’s and played for the Vancouver Canadians at one point. The Jays drafted Jesse in the 9th round of the 1977 amateur draft out of Joliet Central High School. 1977 was the first year that Toronto and Seattle were in the amateur draft and got the last two picks of each round, MLB being so kind to folks that paid extravagant expansion fees. None of the Jays’ 6 choices before him made it to the majors.
Joliet to implement prom squads , other restrictions for high school dance fox32chicago.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox32chicago.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UpdatedTue, Mar 2, 2021 at 7:14 pm CT
Replies(20)
Six months have passed since two men who did not know each other were shot and killed outside the Ingalls Park Liquor Store in Joliet. No arrests have been made. (Image via Will County Crime Stoppers )
JOLIET, IL Six months ago on Joliet s east side, 29-year-old New Lenox resident
Zachary Stohr drove to the Ingalls Park Liquor Store at 1822 East Washington St. That night, gunshots rang out in the liquor store parking lot.
Xavier Mendoza, a 20-year-old Joliet resident, died instantly when someone walked right up and shot him in the head as he sat in the car outside the building. Stohr, an apparent eyewitness, was subsequently shot in the back by the same person who wanted Mendoza dead.
Reply
Crim is the author of Black History Saved My Life: How My Viral Hate Crime Led To An Awakening. (Google Maps)
PLAINFIELD, IL – Plainfield South High School will host motivational speaker Ernest Crim on Thursday as part of the school s Black History Month celebration.
Crim, a social science teacher at Joliet Central High School, is the author of Black History Saved My Life: How My Viral Hate Crime Led To An Awakening.
Crim and his wife were the target of a hate crime that went viral, and he will talk about his life experiences that prepared him to respond to that event.