Five juveniles were arrested by Kankakee County Sheriff’s deputies early Monday morning for allegedly stealing a vehicle and leading police on a chase.

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday the arrest of a suspect in connection with Monday’s shooting in Pembroke Township.

Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe filed a complaint in circuit court Wednesday regarding Prime Healthcare testimony before a state agency regarding the sale of St. Mary’s Hospital.

The Pembroke school district is seeking a new leader, with Nicole Terrell-Smith, superintendent since 2022, set to begin a new role in the south Chicago suburbs starting July 1.

Amber Burks, an art teacher at Lorenzo Smith School, is recognized in the Daily Journal's Thank You Teachers special edition.

EF Ellington, of Hopkins Park, was recently reunited with his service dog who had been missing for six years.

Hundreds of participants took to the trails of Perry Farm Park to collect 12,000 prize-filled eggs during the annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday morning. A few more chances to fill a basket remain.

Brenda Stewart, a farm owner in Pembroke Township, received grant funding through the state. She told Capitol News Illinois she is most worried about the people who depend on her farm and the grant program to eat healthy

Nine people were arrested Thursday during a warrant sweep based on Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group Investigations.

Pembroke Community Consolidated School District 259 has announced a new partnership with the Community Health Partnership of Illinois

A man was seriously injured Saturday in a possible drive-by shooting in Pembroke Township

Lands and Hands Community Resources will hold “Start with Art,” an activity, art, violence intervention, and mental wellbeing session Saturday at Hickory Hills Senior Living, 4067 S. Wheeler Road., Pembroke Township at 7:30 p.m.

Investigators continue looking into the New Year’s Day mass shooting which left two brothers dead and five others injured, Kankakee Police Chief Chris Kidwell said

While the ground did not quake nor did a star fall from the sky, a seismic shift has taken place within the long impoverished community of Pembroke Township

Jose Garfias and his wife, Eva, recently opened Eva’s Pizza at 13161 E. Central Ave., almost directly across the street from the Pembroke Public Library and about one mile from the Lorenzo Smith Grade School property.