Jeff Bonty

Bourbonnais village trustees approved a four-year contract with its Public Works employees at Monday’s board meeting.

A candidate running for a seat on the Kankakee School District 111 Board, Dajon Casiel, has been charged with Class A misdemeanor battery following an incident that occurred last year involving a current Kankakee High School student.

The Kankakee Valley Park District board of commissioners and Kankakee Arts CoLAB signed a deal last week.

Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner identified 39-year-old Tabitha Thompson as the victim in the train vs. pedestrian accident Tuesday on Kankakee’s south side.

Larenz M. Walters, the son of Kankakee mayoral candidate Genevra Walters, was arrested Saturday in Iroquois County for alleged possession of a weapon and cannabis. Genevra Walters releases statement.

More than a year ago, then interim executive director John Wilson said Bourbonnais Township Park District residents had something special in Perry Farm Park.

Cierra Norris, the attorney for Xandria Harris, served two days in jail after she was held in minor indirect criminal contempt of court in DuPage County earlier this week.

Three men were caught by officers with the Momence Police Department allegedly in possession of fake $100 bills, currency printing equipment and materials.

An Illinois State Trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries Saturday when their squad car was struck by a driver who failed to move over on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County.

Kankakee County Circuit Clerk Sandra Cianci was recently named “Illinois Circuit Clerk of the Quarter.”

The annual scarecrow contest sponsored by the Bourbonnais Township Park District will have a bit of a different look come October.

A date has been set for Xandria Harris’ direct contempt of court trial.

Trustee Jeff Keast defeated four-term incumbent mayor Paul Schore in Tuesday’s Bourbonnais Citizen’s Party primary race.

Bradley police identified 34-year-old Brittany Parsons of Bradley as the driver who died in a Friday crash.

Kankakee police recovered the vehicle they believe to have been involved in the shooting of a man Sunday.