Find out what’s happening this week in the Kankakee County area with our weekly calendar. Read more

Now that the 14,500-square-foot addition to St. George Elementary School is complete, the school has gotten rid of its mobile classrooms, bringing all teachers and students together under one roof for the first time in years. Read more

MOMENCE — The Kankakee Valley Audubon Society will be hosting a walk at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Lake Alexander RV Park located east of Momence. Read more

The restoration of the original log cabin schoolhouse in Bourbonnais now seems certain. Read more

The Village of Bourbonnais is turning its attention to the next project of its “Imagine Bourbonnais” initiative. Read more

“Lions give sight” is a key goal of the local and international service club, which will be centered on at the 75th anniversary celebration through a form of baseball played by the visually impaired.  Read more

Having lived here for the past 30 years, Reginald Jones will now put all of that knowledge to work as he has been named the newest member of the 14-member Kankakee City Council. Read more

Following a fire that resulted in the total loss of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Beecher, congregation members and community supporters share memories of the 156-year-old church.  Read more

In a complete about-face from the Kankakee City Council's vote from one year ago, Fortitude Community Outreach received a needed permit to operate its homeless shelter five nights a week in downtown Kankakee. Read more

Riverside Healthcare notified what could be hundreds of employees by email on Friday that their religious exemption request regarding the COVID-19 vaccination has been denied. Read more

The Bradley Village Board this past week formally ratified the Kinzie Avenue/Route 50 & West Broadway Corridors Redevelopment Framework Plan. Read more

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in Kankakee School District 111, with at least three people in the district, including at least one student and one staff member, in serious condition due to complications with the virus, Superintendent Genevra Walters said. Read more

Administrators have started meeting with students who took part in last week’s protests at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School to get to the heart of their concerns and talk about moving forward, Superintendent Matt Vosberg said Monday. Read more

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Beecher caught fire around 1 p.m. today and the church is believed to be a total loss. Read more

Over the past 130 years, a four-square-block site in the Village of Bradley has been occupied by four different manufacturing plants, provided employment for literally thousands of men and women, and suffered two disastrous fires. Read more

Dozens flocked to Kankakee Community College on Thursday evening for the grand opening of the Harold & Jean Miner Memorial Library remodel and the brand new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Center. Read more

A national shortage of bus drivers has plagued the start of school for many districts, including Herscher, where the superintendent, high school principal and curriculum director are taking courses to get commercial driver's licenses in case they need to pitch in. Read more

Mounting expenses, coupled with rising state requirements, have lead to a major shift in policing within Aroma Park. Read more

A kindergarten class has been quarantined and cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in Herscher School District. Read more

More than 100 Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School students took part in a protest outside the school Friday morning prior to the start of classes. Read more

Two male Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School students were struck by a vehicle on Thursday as the students were crossing West North Street toward the school at North Grand Avenue. Read more

One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a crash involving a semi tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle Thursday near the Illinois/Indiana state line. Read more

A fire caused $7,000 in damage Thursday to a home in the 100 block of North Cottage Avenue in Kankakee. Read more

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School announced on social media this afternoon that only the families of players and performers will be allowed as spectators to attend tonight’s junior varsity and varsity football games against Lincoln-Way West. Read more

More than 100 Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School students had taken part in a protest outside the school this morning around 7:30 a.m., prior to the start of classes. Read more

The Kankakee County Health Department now has direction from its board on whether or not to require its employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccination as a term of employment. Read more

Grant Park and Beecher fire districts were among 11 south suburban departments to be selected for a share of more than $2.3 million in federal grants. Read more

Olivet Nazarene University earned rankings and recognition in five categories on the 2022 Best Colleges Report released Monday by U.S. News & World Report. Read more

The Kankakee County Board unanimously approved the appointment of Michael Gowler to fill the unexpired term vacated by Darrel Smith in District 12. Read more

Several COVID-19 exposures in the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s office has caused the cancellation of its Youth Advisory Board’s event planned for Saturday in Beckman Park. Read more

A recent job fair that went bust has left many scratching their heads wondering what it will take to get the unemployed re-engaged into the workforce. Read more

The Kankakee County Board has unanimously approved the first round of American Rescue Plan Act fund projects. Read more

Kankakee County submitted an $8.3 million broadband infrastructure grant application that, if awarded, would provide a great benefit to local homes, schools and businesses in the eastern part of the county. Read more

The Secret Food Pantry will host its next mobile pop-up event from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday in the Bourbonnais Municipal Center parking lot at 700 Main St. NW. Read more

Find out what’s happening this week in the Kankakee County area with our weekly calendar. Read more

Bourbonnais resident Erik Shelquist was one of six people who spoke during a public comment session at Monday’s board meeting for Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307. Read more

KANKAKEE — A rocky start to the school year at Kankakee High School — for which the Illinois State Board of Education has plans to intervene — was the subject of frustrations voiced by students, parents, board members and community leaders during Monday’s Kankakee School Board meeting. Read more

The Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School School Board heard from some district residents about the school’s mask policy during Monday’s meeting — again. The board had also heard from residents during its August meeting. Read more

 The Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Youth Advisory Board is hosting an event Saturday in hopes of working against gang and gun violence in the community. Read more

The Kankakee Valley Park District held its inaugural Pup Pool Pawtie on Saturday at the newly renovated Splash Valley. More than 60 dogs and their owners took part in the festive event that ran for two hours. Read more

Illinois State Sen. and Republican Party gubernatorial hopeful Darren Bailey will be hosted at the Watseka farm of John and Janice Lubben on Friday evening. Read more

Bonfield First United Methodist Church, founded in 1881, will close its doors with a final service at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26. Former pastors, members and friends are invited to attend. Read more

Recreational-use marijuana will be available in Bradley perhaps within the next five to six months. Read more

Firefighters joined Central High School students in climbing the World Trade Center’s 110 stories via the school's football field’s home grandstand.  Read more

After just a little more than five months into a yearly contract with Rink Management Services Corp. to run both Splash Valley Aquatic Center and Ice Valley Centre Ice Arena for the Kankakee Valley Park District, the deal has been terminated. Read more

An early Sunday morning motorcycle crash claimed the life of a 38-year-old Gardner man. Read more

Residents of the Peotone and Manhattan fire protection districts will get a chance to learn about the proposed consolidation of the two districts during Coffee with the Chief events scheduled for this week. Read more

The Bill Kay auto dealership, first a seller of Oldsmobiles and now the place for the Honda brand, has undergone a $2.6 million transformation in recent months and the location is now in full service. Read more

The bridge, which had served the city for 37 years, stretched a distance of more than 500 feet, connecting the north and south banks of the Kankakee River. Read more

In remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, about 18 students in the Kays Battalion JROTC program are planning to volunteer for an event honoring veterans and first responders today. Read more

Petty Officer 3rd Class Danielle Good, a Coal City native, was just 3 1/2 years old when the Twin Towers in New York City were brought down by terrorists. Read more

Sept. 11, 2001, lives on as a permanent memory for many, like the Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor does for older generations. Many have strong memories of where they were and what they were doing when they learned of the planes hitting the World Trade Center towers. Here are the full s… Read more