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The paper was founded in 1904 as the Joliet Herald. In 1913, its founder, Ira Clifton Copley, purchased the Joliet News, a paper that had been founded in 1877. In 1915, the two papers were merged producing the Herald-News. In 2000, Copley Press sold the publication to Hollinger International (later the Sun-Times Media Group).
Novak's journalism career began when he was in high school as a student-writer for the Joliet Herald-News, his hometown newspaper, and he received ten cents per inch. [5] After high school, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UI) from 1948 to 1952. [6]
Website. www .joliet .gov. [3] Joliet ( / ˈdʒoʊliɛt, dʒoʊliˈɛt / JOH-lee-et, joh-lee-ET) is a city in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. It had a population of 150,362 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Illinois.
James J. Stukel (born 1937), 15th President of the University of Illinois (born in Joliet) Edwin Way Teale (1899–1980), naturalist, photographer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913) botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist; born in Joliet. Adele Fay Williams (1859–1937), artist and newspaper writer, born in Joliet.
JTHS's administrative center is located at the former headquarters for The Herald-News. The district has been named a Chicago Tribune Top 100 Workplace for two years in a row. Joliet Public Schools District 86, Rockdale School District 84, Troy School District 30-C, and Elwood School District 203 feeds into this high school district.
Warren Beard, 53, who was an assistant pastor at New Israelite Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, was last seen on July 2 when he went to Joliet, Illinois, to visit friends.
Joliet Junior College ( JJC) is a public community college in Joliet, Illinois. Founded in 1901, it was the first public community college founded in the United States. [3] In Spring 2014, the college enrolled 16,375 students. [4] Every year, 48,000 students enroll in the college's academic programs and in non-credit programs.
1340 WJOL, The Herald-News, The Joliet Bugle. Website. jolietslammers .com. The Joliet Slammers are a professional baseball team based in Joliet, Illinois. The Slammers competes in the Frontier League (FL) as a member of the West Division and play their home games at the Duly Health and Care Field. The Slammers were founded in 2010, a year ...