Camping returns this year to the Potawatomi Campground at Kankakee River State Park in Bourbonnais although the Chippewa Campground will remain closed for repairs. Read more

The village of Bradley wants the approximately $220,000 of debt in unpaid sewer accounts settled. Read more

The Salvation Army of Kankakee County is putting together a volunteer Emergency Disaster Services Team. Read more

Kankakee, like many smaller cities across the country, became a “boom town” in the mid-to-late 1940s. Soldiers returning from duty in World War II married and started families, creating a demand for new housing. Industrial firms relocated here, and some local industries and businesses expand… Read more

The Iroquois County Genealogical Society will host a belated birthday celebration at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 26, on the grounds of the Old Courthouse Museum. Read more

After seven years with Kankakee School District 111, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Rob Grossi is leaving to take a job closer to home. Read more

Richard "Dick" Frey has retired from KCC’s board of trustees after 20 years of service. Read more

Catholic Charities' of Kankakee/Iroquois County is hosting a Back to School Fair which will serve children from low-income households. Read more

Rich Berns will spend this Father's Day as an empty nesters for the first time in 25 years as his youngest son, Camden, left for military basic training and college earlier this month. Read more

In the Kankakee County Farm Bureau Foundation’s 17th year of offering educational scholarships, an all-time record 11 recipients have been named. Read more

On Monday, Bourbonnais Police Chief, Jim Phelps, will promote both Brent Barrie and Jason Sztuba at the Village of Bourbonnais Board Meeting. Read more

Kankakee has added evening and weekend hours for residents to purchase the mandatory vehicle sticker. Read more

The Iroquois County Public Health Department will serve as this year’s “Proud to be an American” Grand Marshal of the 4th of July parade. Read more

Some areas are already closed and street closures will come next week as the village of Bourbonnais prepares for the Friendship Festival Read more

As required by state law, a purge of Iroquois County voter registration files will take place this month, according to Iroquois County Clerk Breein Suver. Read more

Grades improved from first to second semester and started to resemble grades during a pre-pandemic year at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School. Read more

The Village of Bradley recently received a $245,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation for the continuation of the Broadway Street bicycle path. Read more

CSL Behring, Kankakee County’s largest manufacturing employer with nearly 1,800 employees, is shifting some of its plant operations to a pair of third-party providers. Read more

About 40 percent of students so far who have registered to attend Kankakee High School in the fall have indicated they want a non-traditional schedule, Superintendent Genevra Walters said during Monday’s Kankakee School Board meeting. Read more

The vacant 4th Ward Kankakee aldermanic position on the Kankakee City Council has been filled with city businessman and first-time governmental official Lance Marczak. Read more

Multi-year spelling bee competitor Quinn Meadows won’t advance to the next round of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, but he doesn’t feel like he is walking away empty-handed. Read more

At 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, Still I Rise and Blue Cross Blue Shield will be partnering for the Community Care Fair: Drive-Thru Food Giveaway. Read more

A seasonal shortage of chlorine tablets has altered how pool owners can safely enjoy the recreation.  Read more

While a development timeline has not yet been identified, a new Menards store in Bradley could be under construction yet this year. Read more

Matt Vosberg, who officially starts with BBCHS July 1, said he spent the day Monday meeting with those he will be working and interacting with in his new role as superintendent.  Read more

Two new faces joined the Bradley Village Board and one longtime board member departed as the new board was sworn into office. Read more

Though Illinois has crossed the finish line into Phase 5, questions remain as to what exactly next school year will look like. Read more

Various events are taking place this week across Kankakee County to honor Juneteenth.   Read more

During World War II, America was "The Arsenal of Democracy," with its factories producing vast quantities of the necessary tools of war for Allied forces fighting in Europe and Asia.  Read more

The Manteno Historical Society has named its 2021 Manteno Citizens of the Year. Read more

The Watseka Masonic Lodge presented scholarships to two Iroquois County students.  Read more

The 2021 Labor Day Parade will follow the theme of "A Century of Herscher Memories."  Read more

Mario Sebastiani lived the American dream. Read more

Steve Bertrand has been the director of the Kankakee Public Library for 13 years. In his entire library career, he has become an expert in helping libraries evolve to meet the community's needs. Read more

Six students from five Kankakee County schools have been honored with the Kiwanis Student Achievement Award. Read more

The Iroquois County Public Health Department offers free Narcan (naloxone) training for individuals 18 and older. Read more

You might want to wish Quinn Meadows good luck this weekend, but with how seriously he takes the spelling bee, he probably won’t need it. Read more

Illinois State Police arrested a Chicago man after they say they found 275 cartons of cigarettes missing the sales tax stamp during a traffic stop on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County earlier this week. Read more

Former Kankakee Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong is embarking on her next job in politics approximately 70 miles north in Maywood, a western suburb of Chicago. Read more

The Rotary Club of Bradley-Bourbonnais announces the "It's Always the 16th Annual" Rotary Golf Classic, happening on Thursday, July 22, at Oak Springs Golf Course. Read more

Redevelopment of downtown Kankakee is gaining momentum as the city council approved four agreements at Monday's meeting that will help spur that growth. Read more

Iroquois County Sheriff’s Police investigated a single-vehicle fatal crash that occurred at 4:54 p.m. Friday on 1500E Road near 2350N Road. Read more

Longtime Limestone Fire Protection District firefighter extraordinaire Lyle Coffman was honored for his years of public service by the Kankakee County Board on Tuesday at its monthly meeting in the county administration building. Read more

Jasmyne Humble has been hired as Kankakee County's communications director. Read more

More details are coming to light in the case of a body found in a fuel tanker last week in rural Iroquois County. Read more

 Kankakee police shot and killed a dog that attacked three people Monday, local police said.  Read more

The Secret Food Pantry will host its next mobile pop-up event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday out of the Bourbonnais Municipal Center parking lot at 700 Main Street NW. Read more