Joliet (Illinois)

Blogs
November 3, 2010
Gateway Raceway Shutting Down
image viaThe Gateway Raceway in happier days.It's not just a sad day for Democrats, it's a sad day for St. Louis NASCAR fans, too. Dover Motorsports, which owns the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, announced this morning that it was shutting down the racetrack for good. Li ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2009
Illinois Man Sentenced to Jail for Yawning in Court
Was Clifton Williams sleepy or dopey? Poor, poor Clifton Williams. The Illinois man was attending his cousin's drug sentencing in a Joliet, Illinois, courtroom when he let out an enormous yawn. The ill-timed exhale so angered Will County Judge Daniel Rozak that he sentenced Williams to six months ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2008
Show Preview: Awesome Party Fest at American Czech Center, St. Louis, with Cross Examination, Cardiac Arrest, more
News
August 10, 2005
Dead Reckoning
Police and prosecutors say they know who brutally murdered Cassandra Kovack. But no one has answered the question: Why?
News
October 11, 2000
Divine and Conquer
Dowsing has long been used to find water, but contemporary practitioners are also plumbing spiritual depths
News
September 15, 1999
Jerome Ruffin's Last Run
At 22, Jerome Maurice Ruffin had four children and no job, and the police were after him — again. Then a cop shot and killed him in an alley. Witnesses, family and friends want to know why. The cops aren't talking.
News
April 14, 1999
News of the Weird