The national nonprofit, Phil’s Friends, is holding the grand opening of its newest Hope Center in Kankakee on Sept. 20.

Manteno's offense racked up a 10-0 win over shorthanded Bishop McNamara on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.

Larry Burton just completed a decades-long journey of running a marathon in each of the 50 U.S. states.

There is a possibility a river may run through the Exploration Station in its future at Perry Farm Park.

As the glow of sundown faded in the sky, attention turned to the illuminated gridiron on Friday night as the Bishop McNamara Fightin’ Irish and the Herscher Tigers took to the field at Herscher’s Seebach Stadium.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

Former Manteno Mayor Tim Nugent has been appointed to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board by Gov. JB Pritzker.

Kankakee County continues to draw the visitors.

Lincoln-Way East hosted Kankakee for a varsity football game on Friday, Sept. 5.

A portion of Hobbie Avenue will hold the honorary street designation of Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong Avenue.

With Kankakee Mayor Chris Curtis casting the deciding vote, a 1st Ward gaming cafe was approved for North Entrance Avenue.

A move to have a permit for Fortitude Community Outreach to operate an overnight homeless shelter voted upon Tuesday failed to reach the floor and the matter will head to the Kankakee City Council on Sept. 15 for its vote.

In this weekend’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster recounts a recent visit to Oak Park with her coworkers turned friends.

Bishop McNamara hosted over a dozen area cross country teams for the Irish Conditioner on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, at Small Memorial Park in Kankakee.

Illinois State Police said an ISP squad car was struck while investigating an accident on Interstate 55 at milepost 217 in Livingston County.

Racing returned for the second year to the Kankakee River for a weekend of Kankakee River Valley Regatta action over the Labor Day holiday weekend.

A public-access outdoor fitness court by Kankakee High School is anticipated to be complete by early November.

Racing returned to the Kankakee River for a weekend of Kankakee River Valley Regatta action over the Labor Day holiday weekend.

Classic cars and camaraderie could be found at the Kankakee County Museum as gear heads gathered for the Cruise-In Night at the Museum earlier this month on Aug. 14.

The $9-million, state-of-the-art River Valley Metro Mass Transit bus maintenance garage was officially opened at its Bourbonnais campus.

As the deadline nears for the adoption of the municipal 1% grocery tax, the Bradley Village Board approved the measure.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

Endangered leafy prairie clover was found for first the time since 1873 by volunteer conservationist Karen Horn on Langham Island, located near the Kankakee River State Park. The island is also the only known home to the Kankakee mallow flower.

In this weekend’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster talks about a photoshoot fundraiser taking place at the D. Harley Bradley House this Saturday.

River Valley Metro held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new bus maintenance facility on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.

Kankakee police made two arrests Tuesday related to an Aug. 7 shooting of a mother and her son in the 200 block of Crestlane Drive.

Mound Grove Cemetery in Kankakee came alive with the sounds and stories of Kankakee County’s history during the biennial Cemetery Walk: Voices of the Past on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.

Mound Grove Cemetery in Kankakee came alive with the sounds and stories of Kankakee County’s history during the biennial Cemetery Walk: Voices of the Past on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.

Our Aging Services, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for seniors and individuals with intellectual disabilities, has been awarded a $20,000 grant from Cigna Healthcare.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

Longtime Bishop McNamara football coach Rich Zinanni cut the ribbon and led the first walk through of the new Rich Zinanni Athletic Complex on Thursday evening.

A proposed North Entrance Avenue gaming cafe came up snake eyes this week at the Kankakee Planning Board meeting.

With environmental issues cleared, construction work has been launched on Kankakee's East Riverwalk.

Mound Grove Cemetery will be alive with the sounds and stories of Kankakee County’s history this Sunday during the Bi-Annual Cemetery Walk: Voices of the Past.

Longtime Bishop McNamara football coach Rich Zinanni cut the ribbon and led the first walk through of the new Rich Zinanni Athletic Complex on Thursday evening.

Members of the Kankakee Valley Park District board and staff officially cut the ribbon on the $1.2 million improvement project at Bird Park.

Members of the Kankakee Valley Park District board and staff officially cut the ribbon on the $1.2 million improvement project at Bird Park on Aug. 20, 2025.

The Tyjuan Hagler Foundation will host a Back-To-School Trunk or Treat on Saturday, Aug. 23 at the train depot in downtown Kankakee.

The Rev. Montele Crawford recently submitted his resignation as executive director of the Kankakee Regional Land Bank Authority.

In this week’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster talks about her lifelong rocky relationship with sleep.

Another hurdle has to be cleared before the Kankakee Regional Land Bank Authority can put the Jaffe Drugs building back on the market

Fortitude Community Outreach gained its needed initial approval, however, its next step will be an OK from the Kankakee City Council in September.

Kankakee School District 111 staff were welcomed back for the 2025-26 school year Monday in anticipation of the first day of school.

The energetic cadence of a drumline and the cheers of cheerleaders greeted the second through fourth graders arriving for their first day of school at Herscher Intermediate School on Tuesday morning.

The 122nd annual Will County Fair kicks off Wednesday at the fairgrounds in Peotone.

A sediment removal project by Kankakee County that began in September of 2022 was finally completed a couple of weeks ago at the Aroma Park boat launch.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

Kankakee Community College Athletics is planning a fall golf outing for former athletes and community members.

A Kankakee Planning Board hearing on Tuesday could play a significant role in determining the future of Fortitude Community Outreach's homelessness services in Kankakee.

Wright at Twilight is back on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5-8 p.m. at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bradley House on the Kankakee River.