Christopher Breach

Nelsons Home Furnishings and Outlet Center in Wilmington keeps rolling with the changes – through four generations for the longtime business.

The Manteno Freedom Party won 2 seats on the village board as well as village clerk.

Manteno Freedom Party candidate Annette LaMore defeated Manteno Choice Party candidate for mayor.

Manteno residents voted for change on Tuesday in the municipal election as Manteno Freedom Party mayoral candidate Annette LaMore defeated Joel Gesky, a village trustee and Manteno Choice Party candidate 1,536-1,231.

Fortitude Community Outreach continues to advocate for people without housing.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke to ONU students at chapel service on Thursday, inspiring future leaders to call on their faith.

Feedback received from a proposed outdoor police gun range being built behind the Manteno Public Works building has led to the plan being tabled.

Several Kankakee County government officials spoke at Tuesday's 2025 State of the County Address at Olivet Nazarene University.

Just the talk of a possible police gun range being built behind the Manteno Public Works building spurred debate at village board meeting.

The local Joann Fabrics and Crafts in Bradley Commons remains open, but it will eventually close.

In an effort to re-energize its Youth Council, the Kankakee County Branch of the NAACP will hold an official kickoff event at 5 p.m. Monday at the Kankakee Public Library.

In its first year in existence, IRIS, an online referral network, now boasts 45 agencies onboard and has made more than 200 referrals among more than 130 families.

At Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Kankakee Regional Land Bank Authority, it was reported the city of Kankakee came up with a formula to pay the cost for cleanup of the pharmaceuticals in the abandoned Jaffe building.

The village of Manteno turned to Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications in Chicago to handle public relations for all the planning and board meetings surrounding the zoning change for Gotion.

The Heritage Prairie solar farm project is still moving forward with expected completion in late 2027.