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Residents urge Joliet council to reopen river death investigations and block truck-stop impacts
Summary
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to press the council on cold cases involving bodies found in the Des Plaines River, and neighborhood residents asked for traffic-safety measures and barriers near a proposed Love's truck stop.
Several speakers used the Nov. 4 public-comment period to press the City of Joliet for further action on public safety and neighborhood impacts.
Doris Jones urged the council to reopen investigations into multiple deaths and drownings found in the Des Plaines River dating from 2021 through 2024. Jones said she believes the sequence of deaths connected to properties owned by the housing…
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