Dennis Sullivan

County Board members last week approved Finance Director Paul Rafac's request for a financial assistant but turned down a bid for a full-time grant writer. Rafac said the $55,000-a-year financial...

The Joliet Area Historical Museum drew 16,332 visitors in 2005. But its biggest success was the outreach to students in classrooms, said Susan English, executive director. Intended to be adapted...

Will County Board Chairman Jim Moustis (R-Frankfort) wants the county to begin planning for a new courthouse. Moustis envisions a 300,000- to 400,000-square-foot facility with office and storage space for...

The Will County Forest Preserve District has squeezed an additional $3.1 million in funding from the recent sales of two bonds, Executive Director Mike Pasteris said. One key, Pasteris said,...

Developers of a proposed 70-acre condominium/town home development near Interstate Highway 55 and Caton Farm Road on Tuesday described a conservation design that leaves 53 acres as open space with...

County Auditor Steve Weber says he's asked for a state investigation into the possibility that Will County's motor-fuel taxes are being diverted to Downstate Williamson County. Weber said he has...

Two County Board leaders say the failure of a March referendum proposal intended to raise more than $5 million for the Sunnyhill Nursing Home could lead to financial cutbacks at...

A former farm south of Frankfort may be one of the Will County Forest Preserve District's last large land purchases, at least for a while. Executive Director Michael Pasteris said...

The City Council this week approved the annexation of 109 acres in two separate developments, but a plan to annex and additional 30 acres was put on hold. The moves,...

The City Council could change the way firefighters reach for some of the higher rungs on the department's ladder. Union leaders have expressed concern that the current system could allow...