With multiple businesses proposing video gaming cafes in Bourbonnais, trustees heard the first reading of an amendment of the ordinance dealing with liquor licenses during Monday’s meeting.

A woman is recovering at a local hospital after she was stabbed in the neck by another woman late Thursday night in Kankakee.

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.

Kankakee police are investigating the report of shots fired at two locations Thursday night.

Two proposed live video gaming cafes received approval for special use permits during Monday’s Bourbonnais board meeting.

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School has been named one of the best high schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

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

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

An 11-year veteran of the Bourbonnais Police department, Jason Sztuba, was named deputy police chief at Monday’s village board meeting.

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

Applications are due Aug. 25 for those interested in filling a vacancy on the seven-member BBCHS District 307 School Board.

A resolution to approve the purchase of a pavilion for Manteno’s Square on Second failed to gain enough trustee votes at Monday’s meeting.

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.

Illinois State Police confiscated 40 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop Saturday on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County.

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.

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

A look at all the boys golf teams in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

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.

First Financial, with branches in Kankakee, Watseka and Hoopeston, said it is acquiring Chicago-based BankFinancial in an all-stock transaction.

Bradley Wood is the new dean of health careers at Kankakee Community College .

Delbert Skimmerhorn reached a milestone with the Kankakee County planning department.

There are now two vacancies on the 28-member Kankakee County Board.

James A. Martin, of Herscher, died in a single-vehicle crash that occurred in the early morning hours on Aug. 5 at 1000S Road and 8000W Road, Kankakee County Sheriff’s department said.

The Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency will discuss a possible settlement in a federal civil lawsuit against former KRMA Executive Director Richard Simms at its August 28 board meeting.

The fifth annual Bourbonnais Food Truck Fest will have a little something extra this Saturday in the form of national celebrity entertainers.

Hunter S. Lauridsen, of Manteno, was arrested by Kankakee County Sheriff’s police for allegedly trying to set fire to a mobile home occupied by a woman and her 2-year-old son early Monday morning.

Kankakee County Circuit Clerk Sandi Cianci among Illinois circuit clerks selected for national program.

In the past five years, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School has roughly tripled the number of students taking Advanced Placement courses and the number of AP exams administered.

The Tyjuan Hagler Foundation will be hosting a back-to-school trunk or treat event from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, August 23, at the Kankakee Train Depot.

Kankakee police made multiple arrests Sunday after responding to two fights involving many of the same individuals that occurred within an hour of one another. Officers recovered several weapons at the scene, including two baseball bats, a machete and a kitchen knife.

James Trotter, of Frankfort, was identified as the person who died as a result of a three-vehicle crash Friday on the Kankakee County and Will County line at East 12000N road.

The trial of Xandria Harris will be pushed back to February 2026 at the earliest.

Mayor Annette LaMore cast the tiebreaking vote on a 4-3 decision to move the liquor sales start time on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 a.m.

In addition to working for his own autograph business, Bourbonnais resident Donnie Daugherty spent last week's 45th National Sports Card Convention volunteering his time for Signatures for Soliders, a nonprofit that raises money for unhoused and disabled veterans.

Two people suffered gunshot wounds in a Thursday night shooting outside the Crestlane Apartments in east Kankakee.

Lead attorney not in attendance for scheduled sentencing on contempt conviction

For the first time in approximately 18 years, a subdivision will be built in Bourbonnais.

Attendance for Merchant Street MusicFest, the annual music festival that takes over the downtown Kankakee festival square every summer, took a hit this year, likely due to a substantial downpour on day two of the fest.

Looking for a “clean slate” and to move the village forward, the Manteno Board of Trustees voted Monday to have a forensic audit done on its finances.

After going for what he thought was just a night out to eat with his family last week, 2025 Clifton Central graduate Tyler Shoven learned he'll be attending Super Bowl LX thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Just in time for the next spell of hot temps and high humidity, Kankakee Valley Park District has some good news. The splash pad at Bird Park will open on Wednesday,

Attorneys in the civil lawsuit brought by Concerned Citizens of Maneno against Gotion, 333 South Spruce LLC and the village of Manteno were back in court Monday.

Sports card collectors from near and far flocked to Rosemont last week for the 45th National Sports Card Convention.

Manteno police arrested Kassidy E. Johnson, of Manteno, after he allegedly robbed a man at knifepoint Thursday in Manteno.

Kankakee native and 2016 Bishop McNamara graduate Jonathan Ward signed with the New York Giants on Monday.

A BBQ Taste Tour is seeking people with a desire for some lip-smacking adventure as the bus tour is set to begin in Kankakee on Sept. 20.

Six weeks after approving the first live gaming cafe in the village of Bourbonnais, trustees discussed putting limits on how many will be allowed.

A list of recent births at Riverside Medical Center.

At Monday’s BTPD board Committee-of-the-Whole meeting, executive director Mike O’Shea discussed the concept of a multi-purpose pavilion to host events year-round at Perry Farm Park.