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Three local fire departments in Kankakee County will receive funding through the Small Equipment Grant Program, administered by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal for equipment upgrades The...

Kankakee area congresswoman Robin Kelly announced today that the IRS will continue to provide tax credits to help local small businesses to cover the costs of providing paid sick and family leave for ...

Attorneys for accused killer Jeremy Boshears are crying foul because of an effort by prosecutors to not allow an expert defense witness who is expected to testify that 24 year old Katie Kearns may hav...

Fireworks are a go this year in Kankakee, cancelled last year because of the pandemic, the city today says fireworks return to Kankakee Community College on the 4 th of July. Both the Kankakee Youth a...

June 19th has recently been made a State and Federal Holiday. Theodis Pace, President of the Kankakee County Chapter of the NAACP says "Juneteenth", as it is known, is a celebration of the last Americ...

Just after 10:30 last night, officers say they saw a car traveling down Hickory Street at a high rate of speed and blowing a stop sign. Officers were also told the car had hit another vehicle at the i...

Kankakee City Police report someone damaged a couple of cars in the city Thursday. According to reports, officers were called to the home in the one-thousand block of East History just before 5:30 las...

Illinois State Police report a traffic stop Thursday netted troopers a drug arrest. According to reports, it was about 4 Thursday afternoon a trooper stopped a car on 5000 East Road at 7000 South for ...

The Village of Manteno's summer concert series kicks off tonight with "Rockin' on the Square" at the Square on Second. Manteno's Marketing and Community Relations Director Sarah Marion says the festiv...

The Bourbonnais Friendship Festival returns Wednesday. Lindy Casey, Marketing and Public Engagement Manger for the Village says as usual, that means there'll be some closures for the event. The skate ...