Bourbonnais Fire Protection District Fire Personnel were called to an apartment on East Grand Tuesday night. Fire Chief Jim Keener says firefighters were called out just before 11 Tuesday night and found an electrical baseboard heater fire when they got there. Chief Keener says the apartment is owned by Olivet and ther...

During Wednesday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Executive Committee, the Kankakee/Iroquois Regional Superintendent of Schools Doctor Patricia High told the committee her office is tracking 601 truant students in Kankakee County right now and another 104 truants in Iroquois County High said the parents...

The Illinois House is advancing a proposal that would help relocate the Bears to Arlington Heights. The Democratic-run House voted to pass the megaprojects bill. The measure would allow the Bears to negotiate property tax payments directly with Arlington Heights. The bill now moves to the State Senate. The Bears re...

Another of those Secret Food Pantry mobile pop-up events is scheduled for today in the Village of Bourbonnais. This one runs from 11 this morning until noon at the location on Briarwood Lane. Organizers of the event ask for a five-dollar donation, ask you show up no more than a half hour before the event starts and tha...