SPRINGFIELD — Busloads of gay marriage opponents held their own rally outside the Capitol Wednesday, pledging to reverse any headway in the push for state legislation that would allow same-sex weddings.
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ROSEVILLE — For the past 33 years, the annual Illinois Corn Husking Contest has brought crowds from across the state to compete in local fields. Resurrected in Fairview in the 1980s, the competition was brought to Warren County in 1991 as a result of hard work by Bob St. George and Bill Gill…
Kenneth and Martha Redeker, of Onarga, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Woodworth. The anniversary will be hosted by their children and grandchildren. They have three children: Kris Bartelt…
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The new PBS travelogue series “America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) has nothing to do with cooking or cuisine, but the host challenges viewers to take a road trip filled with contemplative moments and thoughtful conversations with strangers.
Reel Talk's Pam Powell reviews "Hustle," now streaming on Netflix. This is "Adam Sandler like you've never seen him before," writes Powell.
The Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra had a strong season in 2021-22, raising more funds than in recent history.
View live music shows scheduled for this weekend.
What's playing this weekend at Cinemark 10 Movies, Paramount Theatre and Meadowview Theatre.
On July 29 and 30, Merchant Street Music Festival will return to downtown Kankakee. The official lineup has been posted and The Sugarhill Gang, best known for the song “Rapper’s Delight,” will headline.
Local Features
In this weekend's A Taylor-Made Life, Life editor Taylor Leddin-McMaster muses over the importance of libraries.
The hills are alive with sounds of summer. Several local organizations are in the midst of their summer concert series, and music lovers have no shortage of opportunities to load their calendars with live entertainment.
So you’re getting ready to sell your house. Just thinking about it can be an overwhelming experience. Read more
There are a number of effective ways to kill weeds. Read more
June 14 was the 28th birthday of our first-born daughter, Elizabeth. I wish her many more happy and healthy years. Read more
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Kankakee County Vaccine Tracker

144,063
Total administered vaccine doses
56,582
People fully vaccinated
51.43%
Percent of population fully vaccinated
28,078
Total boosters administered
55
7 day average daily doses administered
67
Doses reported on 6/27
67
Doses reported on 6/27
Source: Illinois Department of Public Health
Last updated on 6/28/22. IDPH data is subject to change.
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By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer
CHICAGO — There was a time when Tom Sadowski thought he'd stop working after turning 65 earlier this year. But he's put off retirement for at least five years — and now anticipates continuing to do some work afterward.
SPRINGFIELD — State officials say Illinois families receiving federal nutrition assistance will start seeing a monthly decrease in November.
INDIANAPOLIS — Relatives of 68 people who died in a 1994 commuter plane crash in northwestern Indiana are raising money to build a permanent memorial near the crash site they hope to dedicate on next year's 20th anniversary of the crash.
A Chicago alderman who predicted an ordinance allowing police officers to ticket people with small amounts of marijuana would bring in as much as $7 million a year wants to know why after 14 months the city has collected less than $70,000.
SPRINGFIELD — Busloads of gay marriage opponents held their own rally outside the Capitol Wednesday, pledging to reverse any headway in the push for state legislation that would allow same-sex weddings.
SPARKS, Nev. — A shooting at a middle school in northern Nevada has left two people dead and two boys in critical condition, rattling parents, teachers and students as they showed up for the start of the school week.
After a five-month, $425 million renovation, a busy stretch of a Chicago Transit Authority train line reopened Sunday.
Illinois lawmakers are considering a series of measures aimed at making the state's waterways safer, including a bill that would impose stiffer penalties on people caught operating a boat while intoxicated.
SPRINGFIELD — School administrators in Illinois are being warned to prepare for even less state funding for the next fiscal year.
Rossville is selling off about a dozen lots at $1 each, hoping to convince people to relocate to Vermillion County from the big city.
CHICAGO — Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says the state's pension crisis could be addressed in the fall legislative session even if a committee working on it remains split.
ROSEVILLE — For the past 33 years, the annual Illinois Corn Husking Contest has brought crowds from across the state to compete in local fields. Resurrected in Fairview in the 1980s, the competition was brought to Warren County in 1991 as a result of hard work by Bob St. George and Bill Gill…
Kenneth and Martha Redeker, of Onarga, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Woodworth. The anniversary will be hosted by their children and grandchildren. They have three children: Kris Bartelt…
CHICAGO — Calling the proposed Illiana Expressway "a highway in nowhere land," the chairman of northeastern Illinois' official planning agency called for an end to Gov. Pat Quinn's push for the $1.3 billion tollway.
SPRINGFIELD — The State Board of Education is announcing a series of public hearings as it re-examines school funding in Illinois.
CHICAGO — Chicago gang members who have roared through intersections, driven on the wrong side of the road and even fired guns out of their car windows during funeral processions might have to walk to the next funeral, if proposed city ordinance is passed.
Exelon Generation says one of two reactors at the company's Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station is back at full power after a refueling outage.
An appeals court has ordered ComEd to refund almost $37 million to its northern Illinois customers following a six-year legal dispute.
JOLIET — A Will County judge is allowing a wrongful death case against former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson to go forward.
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