In Kankakee's long history, Victor Nevarez has become the first Hispanic or Latino elected to the 14-member Kankakee City Council.
Two BBCHS seniors received acting nominations from the Illinois High School Theatre Awards.
KANKAKEE — Updating streetlights is on the horizon for the City of Kankakee as the Environmental Services Utility was recently awarded a ComEd grant in the amount of $18,500, according to a press release from the city.
In 2011, Iroquois Federal became a publicly traded company.
Concerned for their physical, emotional and spiritual needs, Iroquois Memorial Hospice cared for 276 patients in the last year.
The Manteno Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its annual “Thrill of the Games” event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in celebration of the 2021 Olympics.
At about 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 1872, as the Circuit Court was closing out its September term on the second floor of the Kankakee County Courthouse, the smell of smoke was detected in the courtroom.
Over a 32-hour period beginning the weekend of April 15-16 and stretching into April 17, 1961, a blizzard struck Kankakee County and the surrounding region.
Kankakee School District 111 received the largest amount of any school district within Illinois Senate District 40.
The Kankakee Farmers' Market has announced the musical lineup for the 2021 season.
State Rep. Jackie Haas' bill gains overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans in the House.
State's Attorney Jim Rowe receives this year's Social Services Progress Award for implementing the role of community outreach specialist.
The food production plant at 14 Stuart Drive in Kankakee’s South Tec industrial park has transformed itself in the past 18 months to become a model site for Del Monte Fresh Produce.
It might have once been described as a leap of faith, but what Dave and Tiffany Kruse have done is now proving effective in helping firefighters.
Grace Christian Academy may be small, but the school’s commitment to its mission and its longstanding presence in the community is just the opposite.
Since 1897, AMITA Health St. Mary's Hospital has held firm to its commitment of providing compassionate, community-minded health care to Kankakee and the surrounding region.
For his bold move, Chris Ruder and his company, Spikeball, have been named an Innovator in Real Estate as part of the Daily Journal’s annual Progress Awards.
Kankakee County Vaccine Tracker
45,283
Total administered vaccine doses
19,638
People fully vaccinated
17.85%
Percent of population fully vaccinated
403
7 day average daily doses administered
438
Doses reported to be administered on 4/17
438
Doses reported to be administered on 4/17
Source: Illinois Department of Public Health
Last updated on 4/18/21.
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Students at Bradley Central will return to full remote learning from April 19-30 thanks to a rash of positive cases of COVID-19.
The Illinois National Guard will be returning next week to administer shots of the Moderna vaccine at three mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Kankakee and one site in Watseka.
The statewide unemployment rate in Illinois fell three-tenths of a percentage point in March, to 7.1 percent, as the daily count of new COVID-19 cases and the case positivity rate appeared to be leveling.
Riverside Healthcare will be providing COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine shots on Thursday, April 15 at the Riverside West Kankakee location from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
COVID-19 vaccinations are projected to not slow down in Kankakee County this week while the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is put on pause, according to Kankakee County Health Administrator John Bevis.
The U.S. is recommending a "pause" in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
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Wednesday's April 14 sportswatch
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has agreed to a new contract that will keep him with the Jayhawks until he retires, even as the school awaits a decision from an independent panel investigating five Level I infractions charges alleged by the NCAA.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Big Ten spent most of this season talking about being the nation's best basketball conference.
Bourbonnais News
A consulting firm has been selected to assist in the search process to hire a new superintendent at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307, with the plan to name that person in six weeks.
The Kankakee County Board unanimously approved a resolution that transfers the jurisdiction of the intersection of Armour Road and Illinois Route 50 from the state to the county.
Secret Food Pantry will host two events this week in Bourbonnais.
Bradley News
Students at Bradley Central will return to full remote learning from April 19-30 thanks to a rash of positive cases of COVID-19.
A consulting firm has been selected to assist in the search process to hire a new superintendent at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307, with the plan to name that person in six weeks.
The Kankakee County Board unanimously approved a resolution that transfers the jurisdiction of the intersection of Armour Road and Illinois Route 50 from the state to the county.
Manteno News
The Manteno Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its annual “Thrill of the Games” event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in celebration of the 2021 Olympics.
Springfest 5K Run and Fitness Walk, organized by the Kankakee River Running Club, is set for Saturday, April 24.
The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation grant allowed the department to outfit all 17 officers in the department with a ballistic helmet.
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United Way of Kankakee & Iroquois Counties is hosting 'Any K' on April 30. The race allows participants to complete any amount of mileage they'd like through biking, walking or running.
Dear Jill: A pharmacy chain has bottles of acetaminophen on sale for $1.49 each or 4-for-$4. Obviously, the best move here is to buy four, but every time they have this sale, it goes fast.
Sharon Randall talks about the speaking circuit and looking like country singers.
For the second year in a row, the Kankakee County Humane Foundation has been forced to once again cancel Paws and Purrs, its most profitable yearly fundraiser, because of health safety concerns.
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