There will be some new stop signs going up in the Village of Bourbonnais. During last night's Village Board meeting, trustees okayed an ordinance to place stop signs at nine intersections in the Village. Village Public Works Director Terry Memenga Memenga said the signs should be in place by the end of the week. Also a...

During last night's Bourbonnais Village Board meeting, the administration addressed recent criticism of this year's mosquito abatement program. Village Director of Public Works Terry Memenga Memenga added the Village will still be active with the larvae abatement program in hopes of keeping the mosquito population down...

There is still a fog in the air about who is the acting Village Attorney in the Village of Manteno. At last night's Village Board meeting, Mayor Annette LaMore requested that Joseph Cainkar be removed from the board table by Police Chief Alan Swinford and taken to crowd seating. Both refused to do so. Mayor LaMore cite...

At Monday night's Kankakee City Council meeting, aldermen passed a resolution to sign an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation on the construction of the new I-57 interchange at Route 17. City Engineer Neil Piggush says even though the project is mostly funded by state and federal dollars, the city w...