Grundy Area Vocational Center students and their families packed into the Coal City High School auditorium Wednesday for the announcement of the award winners for the 2025-26 school year.

The Grundy Area Vocational Center honored the students who received monthly awards throughout the 2025-26 school year.

Property damage from the March 10 tornado and severe storms is currently estimated at $28.7 million for Kankakee School District 111.

The Bradley Elementary District 61 School Board approved a teachers contract Thursday with salary increases totaling 14% over three years.

Kankakee School District is eliminating or not filling 74 positions for the 2026-27 school year to address its budget deficit. A job fair will be held this Saturday for staff members affected by the reduction in force.

The Coal City Unit 1 School District announced Friday that Corey Mikula has been named the new high school principal, and Jeffrey Pacholski has been named the assistant principal and athletic director at the middle school.

Kankakee Junior High STEM teacher Tywon Bender is one of 90,000 teachers across the country competing in Colossal's America's Favorite Teacher competition.

Several Kankakee taxing bodies are participating in an appraisal of St. Mary’s Hospital for the potential collection of tax dollars.

A Kankakee school teacher was fired this week after sending a racist image to other staff members from her school email account.