Bourbonnais trustees approved a zoning variance for Faith Baptist Church to erect an 80-foot monopole on its property during Monday’s meeting.

Bourbonnais Township Park District staff was busy placing cornstalks on the white fencing around the park on Wednesday. It means it’s time for the annual Scarecrow Festival.

Let’s Ketchup, a local nonprofit dedicated to eliminating school lunch debt and keeping Care Closets stocked with essentials, will again host a Family Festival this Saturday.

The Manteno police department will soon receive a Rivian EV vehicle donated by Gotion.

Samantha Czako was appointed Monday to fill a vacancy on the Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School Board.

The Manteno Board voted 4-2 to approve the expenditure of $158,333 for a pavilion kit from NuToys Leisure Products of Westchester at Monday’s meeting.

By a 12-0 vote, the Kankakee City Council turned down a conditional use permit request by Fortitude Community Outreach to operate a homeless shelter.

Manteno police arrested Jayvin J. Savoie, of Manteno, for allegedly shooting a person Sept. 5.

Brayden Douglas, of Bourbonnais, a graduate of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School, is among 44 students who have been selected to join the latest group of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.