Christopher Breach

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.

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.

Manteno swore in a new police officer this past week.

Dozens attend memorial service for former Gov. George Ryan.

It would be fair to say Manteno High School teacher CJ Boudreau is deeply committed to Manteno. The social studies teacher is also a Manteno village trustee.

Herscher High School teacher Rebecca Williams loves mathematics

In a room decorated with signs, posters, the alphabet on the wall, books, small chairs, container trays and student artwork, Angela Furgal has a captive audience of 15 kindergarten students at Grace Christian Academy in Kankakee.

Manteno Mayor Annette LaMore vetoed the vote from April 21 that OK'd the contracts for the village administrator, chief of police and public works superintendent.

EF Ellington, of Hopkins Park, was recently reunited with his service dog who had been missing for six years.

After testimony by Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe and Harris’ defense attorney Cierra Norris on Thursday, Bradshaw-Elliott found Xandria Harris in direct criminal contempt of court.

Former Manteno Mayor Tim Nugent reflects on his 20 years at the helm.

After much debate the contracts for Chris LaRocque, village administrator; Jim Hanley, superintendent of public works; and Alan Swinford, chief of police, were approved Monday by a 4-2 by the Manteno trustees.

Annette LaMore was sworn in Monday night as the new mayor of Manteno, as well as trustees Mike Barry and Peggy Vaughn and clerk Keri Rolniak

Work on the facade of the former Jaffe Drugs building will soon begin.

Kankakee County officials gathered in Aroma Park to mark the beginning of the sediment removal project on the Kankakee River.