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These updated renderings for Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School’s Building Better facility project were presented by BLDD Architects, along with an updated budget, to the BBCHS operations committee Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. The budget is down to about $70.6 million from the previous estimate of $75 million.

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Blueprints show the updated plans for Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School’s Building Better facility project, presented by BLDD Architects to the BBCHS operations committee Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025.

Search our table to see what designation your Kankakee County school received on the 2025 school report card.

The 2025 Illinois school report card shows progress in the statewide graduation rate and chronic absenteeism. It also shows that year-to-year student growth in English language arts and math is trending upward since the pandemic

Concerns have been raised regarding the timeliness of the completion of a forensic audit set to look into Kankakee School District 111's spending on its former Youth Empowerment Program. Former superintendent Genevra Walters is among those seeking answers.

Superintendent Chris Spencer shares an update on the repairs to Coal City Intermediate School, which was closed a year ago Thursday.

A new public outdoor fitness court was unveiled Thursday and is now ready for use behind Kankakee High School.

The Coal City High School Theatre Department will present “The Play That Goes Wrong” starting 7 p.m. Thursday, with additional performances at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Coal City Performing Arts Center, 655 W. Division St.

Kankakee Community College’s radiography program has been awarded initial accreditation by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.