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A roundup of area student accomplishments at colleges.

A list of births from Kankakee hospital.

The city of Kankakee and IDOT held a public meeting on the impending rebuild of the Interstate 57 312 interchange.

A proposed gaming cafe in Bourbonnais moved a step closer to approval Wednesday.

Bradley-Bourbonnais' scholastic bowl team placed 221st out of 336 teams last weekend in the 2025 High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta, Ga.

A portion of northbound Interstate 57 in Kankakee County is closed following the crash of a commercial truck at approximately 5:30 a.m. today.

Peoples Bank of Kankakee County recently announced the promotion of Matt Olszewski to executive vice president/chief operating officer.

Midland Wealth Management, a division of Midland States Bank, recently announced that Peter Riskind has joined as Senior Wealth Advisor, based in Midland’s Chicago office and serving clients throughout Chicagoland and across the country.

A recent complaint by residents about people operating off-terrain vehicles and motorcycles off road near their homes led Bourbonnais trustees to amend its disorderly conduct and noise ordinance at the May 19 meeting.

The Salvation Army of Kankakee is requesting donations for its Summer Fundraiser event, running through July.

We need a budget that is balanced in reality, not just in rhetoric.

More than 150 people attended the KVSO fashion show on May 15.

A two-vehicle crash Sunday at the Kankakee/Will County Line sent both drivers to the hospital.

Weekend prep sports update

Kankakee County Treasurer Nick Africano said the 2024 property taxes (payable in 2025) were mailed out on or around May 20.

This year’s Memorial Day Weekend won’t feel much like the unofficial start of summer.

In an effort to combat any misinterpretations for county employees on submitting expense reports, Kankakee County Auditor Colton Ekhoff updated the policy manual for travel/expense reimbursement.

The renovation of the former Jaffe Drugs building has hit a few snags.

A list of births at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

With Manteno still under its first month of the new administration of Mayor Annette LaMore, another change was in store at Monday’s village board meeting.

Bourbonnais village trustees approved naming Bourbonnais Police Commander Jason Sztuba the interim police chief at Monday’s board meeting.

At the May 15 Highways, Waterways & Buildings Committee, Kankakee County Board officials have updates on a couple projects underway and the planning stages for another.

Manteno Mayor Annette LaMore appointed Jim Hanley as superintendent of public works and Alan Swinford as chief of police.

Marjorie LaReau will be celebrating her 100th birthday with an open house.

Craig Toepfer was sworn in as a trustee of the village of Bourbonnais board during Monday night’s meeting.

A new store specializing in vintage clothing and music, Glue Man Vintage & Records, had its grand opening Friday at 616 S. Main St.

Eldon C. Childs, of Bradley, died as a result of injuries he sustained in a structure fire Sunday.

Kankakee High School seniors who haven’t earned enough credits to graduate won’t be allowed to walk in Thursday’s commencement, a change in practice from years past when students close to the finish line were allowed to participate.

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, part of the 2025 St. Katharine Drexel Route, was greeted by more than 200 worshipers outside the St. John Paul II‘s Settles Center early Sunday evening in Kankakee to start the local celebration of the historic event.

Two people were taken to an area hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 115 near 2000S Road southwest of Kankakee Monday afternoon.

Two people on a jet ski survived after it went over the dam on the Kankakee River in Kankakee Sunday afternoon.

Kankakee police arrested a 23-year-old mother of two children for allegedly harming one of them.

A third arrest has been made by Kankakee police related to a shooting in the 200 block of South Rosewood Avenue on April 30.

Kankakee police arrested Frances T. Rogers earlier this week after officers allegedly found her with a gas can and a lit cigarette as she stood on the porch of a residence in the 700 block of East Locust Street.

This year's ATHENA Award recipients were celebrated Thursday during the Women in Networking Leading Ladies Luncheon hosted by the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce.

Volunteers are needed this coming week to help place American flags on the graves of veterans at Kankakee cemeteries.

Birth announcements for Kankakee hospitals.

The St. Joseph’s Holy Name Society will be holding a porkchop sandwich drive thru from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the parish hall parking lot.

The annual Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony honors the 21 fallen Kankakee County officers that have made the ultimate sacrifice.

The Community Widow/Widower Support Group will meet at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Grace Community United Methodist Church.

A Bishop McNamara Catholic School student was struck by a projectile from what Bourbonnais police said was an orbeez gun Thursday.

A nation Eucharist pilgrimage will stop Sunday night at St. John Paul II Catholic Parish at 907 S. Ninth Ave. in Kankakee on its way to Los Angeles.

Kankakee police investigated a shots fired incident that occurred Wednesday in the 400 block of North East Avenue.

In Tuesday’s Kankakee County Board meeting, the board unanimously approved a resolution that “recognizes the value agriculture contributes to our county and that the rural way of life is the backbone of our county.” Roughly, one in 12 jobs in the county is tied to agriculture.

Three incumbents took oaths of office to continue serving on the Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School Board, which approved a resolution allowing the district to reimburse its operations and maintenance fund using bond sale proceeds at Monday's meeting.

A fire caused $5,000 in damage to a garage in the 200 block of North Hammes Avenue on Kankakee’s east side Wednesday.

The Pembroke school district is seeking a new leader, with Nicole Terrell-Smith, superintendent since 2022, set to begin a new role in the south Chicago suburbs starting July 1.

A resolution to the Concerned Citizens of Manteno vs. Village of Manteno & Gotion Inc. lawsuit will not come anytime soon as Circuit Judge Lindsay Parkhurst denied dismissal Wednesday on all but three of the 10 counts.

Interim Bourbonnais Police Chief Dave Anderson announced Wednesday he is retiring from the force after serving in the position since the end of 2024.

McColly Rosenboom announces top producers for April.