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Over 250 people gathered with signs and their voices Saturday to participate in a Hands Off Rally at the Kankakee County Courthouse in protest of the policies and actions of the second President Donald Trump administration.

UPDATE: Kankakee Police Chief Chris Kidwell said officers responded at approximately 1:07 a.m. to the crash that occurred in the 900 block of South Cobb Boulevard.

Bradley Elementary schools have seen some attendance improvements after ramping up efforts to combat chronic absenteeism this school year.

The Kankakee Area YMCA has hired a new executive director. David Parker, a lifelong Portland-area resident and University of Oregon graduate, will be departing the Pacific Northwest region and will soon call the nation’s Midwest home.

Discount Planet, which only recently opened at 206 N. Kinzie Ave. and 265 N. Industrial Dr., both in Bradley, will soon be the occupant at the former Big Lots, 185 S. Kennedy Drive.

A list of area births at Kankakee hospitals.

Among multiple schemes, Madigan was accused of using his influence to pass legislation favorable to utility companies that doled out kickbacks, jobs and contracts to his loyalists

Organizations that provide tutoring, recreation and other after-school programs are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education to release $50 million that was included in this year’s budget to fund those programs

A federal judge on Friday issued a temporary retraining order that prohibits President Donald Trump’s administration from imposing a federal funding freeze, according to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office