🌱 Patch AM: Doomed To Failure, Route 59's Proposed Gas Station, Car Wash Yanked Off Joliet City Council Agenda

Hello Joliet! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Joliet neighbors help stop new Route 59 gas station plan
• Six months later, family presses for justice in Joliet man's killing
• Joliet's $12.5M wrongful death deal leaves taxpayers on the hook

Also on today's calendar: Annual Storewide Sale and Clearance Event and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 68 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 78, low: 66.
• Friday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 81 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Doomed To Failure, Route 59's Proposed Gas Station, Car Wash Yanked Off Joliet City Council Agenda (patch.com) — Neighbors in Joliet's Hampton Glen subdivision helped derail a proposed 24-hour gas station, car wash and future restaurant at Route 59 and Theodore Street, across from Walmart and near CarMax. After council members signaled opposition to adding another car wash and round-the-clock business to the already busy corridor, the developer's request for a special use permit was pulled from the Joliet City Council agenda.
   

2. Terhan Gordon's Death Was A Homicide, Will County Sheriff's Office Reveals 6 Months After Bones Found (patch.com) — Family and investigators are still seeking answers in the killing of 36-year-old Terhan Gordon, a Joliet man whose remains were found in a Mokena field six months ago and whose death is now ruled a homicide by gunshot. Will County detectives say the case remains active, while Gordon's relatives publicly urge both the Will County Sheriff's Office and Joliet Police to pursue every lead and push for justice.
   

3. Joliet's $12.5 Million Settlement: City Employee Responsible For Pedestrian Death's Later Had DUI Arrest (patch.com) — Joliet residents are learning that the city's wrongful death settlement over a 2024 pedestrian fatality has reached $12.5 million, with taxpayers responsible for a $1 million self-insurance share. City officials explained the layered insurance structure at a council meeting, while confirming the former utilities worker involved in the crash later faced a DUI arrest and was no longer employed by Joliet at his death.
   

4. Lt. Jeremy Harrison Takes Joliet Police And Fire Board To Will County Court With Emergency Lawsuit Filing (patch.com) — A Joliet police lieutenant is asking a Will County judge to pause his disciplinary case, arguing the city's police and fire board is relying on a flawed, partially unintelligible transcript from a May hearing. His attorneys say Joliet officials delayed sending audio for transcription, refuse to share the original recordings, and still set a deadline this month for final arguments that could determine his future with the department.
   

5. Joliet Central High School Teacher Lauren Kline Receives Fulbright Teacher Award For 2026-2027 (patch.com) — A Joliet Central High School teacher has earned a prestigious Fulbright Teacher Exchange award for the 2026-27 academic year, bringing national recognition to Joliet Township High School. Lauren Kline will join about 2,500 Americans teaching and researching abroad, with plans to return and share new global perspectives, technology insights, and classroom practices with local students and colleagues.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Joliet

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Annual Storewide Sale and Clearance Event →
  1918 Ferro Dr, New Lenox
  9:00 am
• Taste of Lockport - Fundraiser! →
  222 E 9th St, Lockport, IL, 60441 (In front of Central Square),
  5:00 pm
• Pints and Pork →
  275 W North St, Manhattan
  5:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Home Runs For Hope →
  21961 S River Rd, Shorewood
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday September 17
• The Center young adults →
  1451 B Black Rd, Joliet
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Public Speaking & Leadership Experience →
  40 Houbolt Rd, Joliet
  9:00 am
• Crossroads Cruise-In →
  2312 Essington Rd, Joliet
  4:00 pm
• Matsiko Children's Orphan Choir Concert →
  805 Western Ave, Joliet
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 20
• Pancake Breakfast →
  Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish - St Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, 201 S Briggs St, Joliet
  9:00 am
• Naperville Artisan Market at CityGate Centre (This Sat-Sun, Sep 19-20) →
  2135 City Gate Ln, Naperville
  10:00 am
• 10th Annual Ray Ebner Pig Roast →
  The American Legion Post 1080, 2625 Ingalls Ave, Joliet
  1:00 pm
Monday September 21
• Troy 30-C Community Information Meeting →
  910 Vertin Blvd, Shorewood
  6:00 pm

📣 Joliet Shout Outs!

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Joliet PatchAM possible:

• Marker Law, LLC — (331) 295-8005
• Jonny's Bar — 6309140007
• Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois — (312) 207-5290
• Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home & Crematory — (815) 744-0022
• Kobi's Massage Therapist — (312) 219-4103
• Oswego Service Group, LLC — (630) 892-2400
• Bisa Lina Cannabis Dispensary — (815) 418-0200
• Will County Children's Advocacy Center — 815-774-4565
• Timbers of Shorewood — (815) 609-0669
• Fred C. Dames Funeral Home and Crematory

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Obituary: Marilyn Beatrice Tarizzo —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Sponsors sought for Forest Preserve District's 2027 Centennial Celebration —Forest Preserve District of Will County Read on Patch
• Obituary: Matthew David Crosser —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Obituary: Victor Lamont Jones —Fred C. Dames Funeral Home Read on Patch
• Addicted To Love: A Robert Palmer Dance Party- live on the Outdoor Rooftop —Mike Brick Read on Patch

• Looking to have a gas line installed to connect my dryer.
  About 10 feet. Professionals only. Who do you all recommend? (Nextdoor S Briggs/Mills Rd)
• Need a retaining wall built ASAP.
  Let me just cut to the chase. I had two contractors submit bids I was comfortable with. They both seemed like they knew what they were doing and were… (Nextdoor Joilet Trail)

• Kellermeyer Bergensons Services posted a job opening for Warehouse Janitorial Associate in Joliet. Apply here.
• PENN Entertainment posted a job opening for Security Officer Dispatch- 2nd Shift in Joliet. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Joliet here.

Ok Joliet! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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