KANKAKEE — Kankakee police are investigating the shooting of a man in the 600 block of North Rosewood Avenue at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday. According to a report, the man was sitting on a porch with three ...

Kankakee County Health Department administrator John Bevis speaks Wednesday at a press conference at the Timothy Bukowski Public Safety Center held to update the community on COVID-19. Bevis ...

Could it be that union bosses are finally waking up to the cold reality that the greatest threat to steel workers, the United Auto Workers, miners, machinists and the Teamsters is the radical climate ...

It is an article of faith among those who do not believe Donald Trump lost in 2020 that mailing ballots to voters increases illegal voting — often called voter fraud. “Before the machines were ...

For senior catcher Sawyer Laffoon, who has been the starting catcher for the past three years and almost certainly would be a four-year starter had COVID-19 not taken his freshman season away, it’s ...

MANTENO — Heading into its IHSA Class 1A Manteno Sectional championship match against Chicago Christian on Tuesday, the Herscher girls soccer team planned to overpower the Knights by continually ...

KANKAKEE — The issue is clear, but the solution is much more out of focus. Faced with escalating crime in Kankakee, the Kankakee City Council met for more than three hours during a rare special ...

The new ban against the use of hand-held electronics by motorists appears to be doing more to discourage distracted driving in a month than its predecessor — a law against texting and driving — did in ...

In the span of about two years, the YWCA of Kankakee has been transformed as much as any agency in the area. Located at 1086 E. Court St., the YWCA has added seven new classrooms, which opened in May ...

From 5:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 12 at The GROW Center, 310 Main St. NW, Bourbonnais, the Kankakee Area LGBTQ Network will be hosting GAY-la 2024: Beyond the Rainbow Brick Road. This event will celebrate the ...

Here are profiles of the seven candidates running for a four-year term for the Kankakee School Board. Three will be elected. An eighth candidate, Angela Shea, is running unopposed for a two-year term.

Celebrate the holiday season with the city of Kankakee at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, when the 12th annual Lion Wreathing and City Tree Lighting will be held. Audience members should meet on the first floor ...