Staci Wilken's tenure as the executive director of the region's tourism agency will come to a conclusion Aug. 1. ...READ MORE

The City of Kankakee's Independence Day celebration and fireworks show was held Saturday at Kankakee Community College. The show was one of several in the area celebrating the long holiday weekend.  Read more

MANTENO — Our Fallen Hero Foundation, in memory of PFC Aaron Toppen, will be hosting a motorcycle and car run on Aug. 7. The event will be held at 851 N. Main St., Manteno, and will include live music, a memorial ceremony, Band of Brothers and more. Read more

Village officials are mulling a possible property tax rebate for Bourbonnais homeowners. Read more

Shortly before sunrise on Feb. 19, 1959, small knots of people — shivering in single-digit temperatures — gathered on street corners across Kankakee, waiting for the buses that would take them to work or school. They waited and waited, then waited some more, but the buses never came. Read more

It might be fair to call the Bourbonnais Township Park District’s Diamond Point baseball complex a “diamond in the rough.” And to stress that, the district’s administration has two points to share regarding the complex. Read more

 Kankakee area residents who have traveled past the intersection of South Schuyler Avenue and East River Street likely have seen the transformation at its southeast corner. Read more

Two homes were destroyed and three others damaged in a fire Friday morning in a retirement community in Manteno. Read more

About two days after the voting booths closed, the winner of the Republican Party primary for the 2nd Congressional District was determined. Read more

"The city has definitely lost a trailblazer." Read more

CrimeStoppers of Kankakee County has upped its normal reward in an effort to bring about an arrest and conviction for the person or persons involved in the triple fatal shooting in Kankakee. Read more

Three men found dead inside an apartment in Kankakee Wednesday all died of gunshot wounds, according to Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner. Read more

In its thirteenth year, Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 has been developing young inventors through hosting Camp Invention. Over the years, more than 1,600 campers have participated. This year had its largest enrollment to date, with almost 170 campers and leaders in training attending the camp held at Liberty Intermediate School. Read more

Three Kankakee men were found dead inside a Kankakee rental property in the 600 block of West Merchant Street early Wednesday afternoon and appeared to have been shot, according to Kankakee police. Read more