During Monday night's Kankakee City Council Meeting, Aldermen approved a pre-development loan agreement between the city and Gallagher Building, LLC. Executive Director of the Economic and Community Development Agency, Barbi Brewer-Watson said there are three parcels of land in Indiana Avenue that are part of the proje...

The Kankakee City Council Monday night voted to accept the low bid for HVAC work to be done at City-owned property on East Willow Street. Kankakee Mayor Chris Curtis said the City stores a lot of their records in that building The City voted to accept the low bid of almost 59-thousand dollars for the work.

The Kankakee City Council voted last night to commit local funds toward the West River Street Project. City Engineer Neil Piggush Piggush said the estimated total cost of the project is nine-million dollars, with the grant hopefully covering five-million of that cost. The project would rehab West Avenue from Court Stre...

Rensselaer Police report charges have been filed against a 51-year-old Merrillville Indiana man after he allegedly passed a fraudulent check. In a Facebook post, Rensselaer Police say they were called to a business back in August when a man, later identified as Anthony Zimmerman, bought equipment worth 16-thousand-doll...