At the annual State of the County presentation, the message was plain and it was simple: Kankakee County people control Kankakee County's future.

The Manteno Village Board is mulling over an ordinance of whether to allow trustees to attend meetings via a Zoom link.

Purchasing the former deteriorating former Salvation Army Thrift Store property was never the goal of the Kankakee City Council, but that is where they now are.

The U.S. Forest Service did not say when the controlled burns would start. County emergency management officials will be notified when burning begins.

The planned $18-million expansion of the Kanakee-based Aqua Illinois water plant brought neighborhood concerns during a public meeting.

The options for the Kankakee School District facility include repairing and updating infrastructure only, fully remodeling the building or demolishing the Edison school building.

The Bradley bar, Mac & Frankie's, recently learn their punishment for a December incident at its business.

The second attempt to hold Xandria Harris’ trial regarding her role in the 2021 murder of a Bradley police sergeant was delayed Wednesday.

The Bradley administration is undeterred regarding its latest court rejection regarding its legal fight with Kankakee