Will County News

“Music at McKinley” outdoor concert and car show, a free program sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, will be Saturday, June 23, 6:00-10:00 p.m., at McKinleyWoods —Kerry Sheridan Grove, in Channahon. The program will begin with a classic car show at 6:00 p.m.   Tour these vintage machines that will be on display throughout the evening.   At 7:00 p.m., the outdoor concert will begin.   Soul Motion will perform rock and roll, R&B and soul classics in the beautiful surroundings of Kerry Sheridan Grove. Pack your cooler with cold beverages and bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy a night of music under the stars.   Food and beverages will be available for purchase from Heroes West Sports Grill. The concert is open to those at least 16 years in age.   No reservations or tickets are necessary.   Sponsors for “Music at McKinley” include Chiro One Wellness Centers, Bill Jacobs Subaru, Chicagoland Speedway, Enbridge, Exelon Nuclear, Northern Illinois S

A memo from Acting Superintendent of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice Lisa Nordstrom to state employees states "a final decision has been made with regard to the previously announced closures of correctional facilities and youth centers." The memo states Illinois Youth Center-Joliet will have an effective date of closure of October 31, 2012.   Other facilities that will close according to the memo are the Dwight Correctional Center, the Tamms Correctional Center and the Illinois Youth Center-Murphysboro. In April of 2012, hundreds packed a state closure hearing urging state lawmakers to keep IYC-Joliet open: UPDATE: State Senator Pat McGuire's response to Quinn's decision to close IYC-Joliet can be found  here .

By Mary Baskerville,  Carriage Stone Communications JOLIET--“Oh, what a beautiful morning.” Oh, what a wonderful setting for community theatre—the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park.  Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic “Oklahoma!” fills the stage with delightful and familiar characters.  The play is presented in cooperation with Latitude 41 Theatre , billed as “Joliet’s newest community theatre group.”                                                               Performances continue on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 22, 23, and 24,  and again on June 29, 30 and July 1.  Ticket information, visit the web at http://bicentennialpark.org/main.html  More on Bicentennial Park in Joliet: History drifts along the shores of the Des Plaines River B ank A nostalgia note about the Bicentennial Park August 31, 1973 was a day of excitement in Joliet. Important visitors were expected to arrive by canoe.  Reenactors portraying  Louis Jolliet and

Several union members from throughout Chicagoland made the journey to Joliet this past weekend to stand with striking machinists at the Caterpillar plant in Joliet.  Caterpillar's latest offer expired at midnight June 10, 2012. Members of the Painters and Allied Trades Union stood with striking machinists in front of the Caterpillar plant on Route 6 in Joliet Union members from the Painters and Allied Trades International Union stood with striking machinist outside the Caterpillar hydraulic parts  Machinists on strike outside the Caterpillar plant in Joliet A union electrician from Chicago stood with the striking machinists outside the Caterpillar plant in Joliet Caterpillar is  now hiring temporary replacement workers for its Joliet plant.  Caterpillar is advertising for the temporary workers in newspapers and also on this digital billboard at the Des Plaines River bridge on I-80 in Joliet:

Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate Jerry White spoke with striking Caterpillar workers in Joliet after the workers voted down a recent Caterpillar offer: