Kankakee

The Kankakee County Museum will be celebrating Valentine’s Day this year with some style from New Orleans

The commissioners of the Kankakee Valley Park District took an art lesson during Monday’s board meeting

The Tri-County Auto theft Task Force arrested a Kankakee man for possession of a stolen motor vehicles Tuesday

Riverside Healthcare’s President and CEO Phil Kambic has been elected to the board of trustees for the Illinois Health and Hospital Association

Kankakee Regional Land Bank Executive Director the Rev. Montele Crawford was recently handed the keys to the former Jaffe Drugs building at 217 E. Court St. in Kankakee

The garage sustained an estimated $15,000 in damages

The Kankakee Public Library will host a Winter Sowing program on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

Veronda’s Music Village, a Kankakee business mainstay for more than three-quarters of a century, has started the process of liquidating its music-making inventory at its Kennedy Drive store

A new executive director has been tabbed to lead the Kankakee Development Corporation

Alicia Kleinert’s 12-year-old son, Caleb, noticed that seniors sometimes need help, and he made a point of that observation to his mom.

A Kankakee house sustained an estimated $45,000 of damages due to a Thursday evening fire

The anticipated final approval for the south Kankakee QuikTrip development did not make Tuesday’s agenda for the Kankakee City Council

One of the last things on the minds of Kankakee region occupants on this bone-chilling Wednesday was relaxing near the banks of the Kankakee River

An attic fire caused $20,000 damage Tuesday to a home in the 700 block of Webster Circle West in Kankakee

Kankakee School District 111 has a lot to work on, and last week the Kankakee School Board heard exactly where some of the problem areas are

An upcoming fundraiser for Wright in Kankakee is kicking off the 125th anniversary of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s design of the historic B. Harley Bradley House

Riverside Medical Center begins use of a neurointerventional biplane angiography system, which cost $3 million, according to Riverside officials

Kankakee Valley Park District is celebrating 100 years of parks and recreation

The year 1958 was one that 14 Kankakee boys would remember for the rest of their lives. It was the year that they came within one game of becoming the Little League World Champions

Kankakee County has seen an influx of capital improvements over the past five years, totaling $2.5 billion spread among several manufacturers and businesses

State Representative Jackie Haas (R-Kankakee) is ready to launch her fifth annual “Valentines for Veterans” program for local veterans

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, which happens in conjunction with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is set for Monday, Jan. 20

A Kankakee man faces federal charges for allegedly robbing a United States postal carrier at gunpoint in a Chicago suburb last week

Kankakee School District 111’s assistant superintendent of human resources Shemeka Fountain was fired Monday with a split 4-3 vote by the Kankakee School Board

Individuals can also get assistance accessing forms and applications

Kankakee nonprofit organization Still I Rise will be holding a blanket giveaway Saturday

Music-lovers surrendered to the sounds of more than a dozen acts in downtown Kankakee on Saturday night during the second annual Wintersong music festival

All those remembering John McCracken, the lifelong Kankakeean, businessman, river enthusiast and neighbor, said Kankakee ran to the very core of his body

The last two years have seen a dramatic drop in the number of overdose deaths in Kankakee County

She holds the distinction of being the first Black woman to be hired within the department, starting her law enforcement career with the Kankakee Police Department on Sept. 7, 2005

The Kankakee Area Macintosh Users’ Group follows last year’s 40th anniversary celebration with an invite to new users of smart phones, tablets, computers and peripherals

The vacant seat on the Kankakee School Board left by the death of Deb Johnston will be filled by Cynthia Veronda

The annual Women United breakfast is back

Illinois State Police arrested Joseph L. Lookingbill, 35, of Kankakee, on Tuesday for allegedly being in possession of child sexual abuse images.

While the top two positions within the Kankakee Police Department remain in place, there is significant change within the department

A 35-year-old Kankakee man has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of child pornography

Kankakee Police Chief Chris Kidwell has said investigators have been hampered in their investigation

Twenty-six visiting international teachers hailing from four countries started their jobs in Kankakee School District 111 this week as school resumed from winter break

A community healing center is set to open for people affected by gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting that killed two people and injured five others mere hours into 2025

Police have thus far questioned 15-20 people who were inside the house when the shooting occurred

The driver of an Illinois Department of Transportation snow plow died Monday after it collided with a Canadian National Railway train in Iroquois County

The Illinois Coalition for Community Services will be hosting its second annual fundraiser in Kankakee this March.

The old saying “better late than never” can certainly apply to the anticipated start of Kankakee’s East Riverwalk

It’s not every year you get to celebrate 100 years. Yet, that’s the case with the extended family of Noralee Sirois, who turned 100 on Jan. 1

With several contested school board races on the ballot, Kankakee County will almost certainly see some new faces making decisions on local educational matters following the April 1 consolidated election

Aaron Robinson, operations manager of Still I Rise organization, was arrested early New Year’s Day after Kankakee patrol officers observed him fire multiple shots from an AR-15 rifle

Investigators continue looking into the New Year’s Day mass shooting which left two brothers dead and five others injured, Kankakee Police Chief Chris Kidwell said

Curtis cannot get past the fact some 50 to 60 people were in the dwelling and yet no one is willing to step forward to aid the police investigation

The Kankakee County Branch of the NAACP extends its deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the two young men who tragically lost their lives in the shooting incident at 1845 Pierson Parkway

Areas of northern Illinois can expect an inch or more of snow beginning Thursday afternoon.