March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

Walter Adamczyk: Yes — this office has been politicized, and the people of Illinois have felt the consequences. Decisions that should serve every voter, every citizen, have too often been guided by party lines and political games. That ends now.

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One or more students from Kankakee County will be awarded a $300 scholarship to further their training in the Fine Arts.

The Bourbonnais Elementary School Board is accepting applications to fill a board vacancy until Monday, Feb. 23.

Illinois State Police Troop 5, assisted by Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, arrested two people after suspected cocaine and fentanyl/methamphetamine was found in the vehicle they were on Monday.

From Capitol News Illinois: Mendrick has been a vocal critic of the state’s SAFE-T Act, and also says public schools should return to focusing on teaching basic skills such as reading, writing and math, and that they should have to compete with private schools for enrollment

One of two children critically injured in a single-vehicle crash on East Illinois Route 17 last week has died.

Kankakee firefighters responded to a small structure fire overnight Sunday in the 1900 block of South Schuyler Avenue.