Jeff Bonty

The splash pad at Bird Park in Kankakee was supposed to be open by now. Instead, it appears to have wilted under the hot, humid conditions that have hit the area.

An end could come this week in the five-year-old federal civil lawsuit filed against Richard Simms, the former executive director of the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency, and his daughter.

Bourbonnais’ new police chief is no stranger to the department. David Morefield, who retired from the department in 2016, was approved 6-0 by trustees during Monday’s board meeting despite some concerns about the mayor's interview process.

The Kankakee City Council passed the Fiscal Year 2026 budget ordinance during Monday’s meeting. Mayor Chris Curtis said the $113,640 projected budget surplus is in line with the past four years’ budgets.

Kankakee Alderman Dave Baron is the new president of the Visit Kankakee County Board of Directors, formally known as the Kankakee County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The 42nd Kankakee River Fishing Derby wrapped up last week with the winners receiving their plaques.

Bourbonnais village officials find themselves in a pickle with a current park project. The pickleball court project at Ed Hayes Park has hit pause

The Kankakee County State’s Attorney Office charged Jason W. Exton, of Momence, for possession of child sexual abuse images and possession of controlled substance.

Kankakee police arrested one of the victims in a shooting that occurred July 6 on the city’s east side.

The attorney for Xandria Harris is asking the court to allow her to use two affirmative defenses during Harris’ trial in September.

The latest court date in the lawsuit filed against the village of Manteno and Gotion’s proposed lithium battery factory was a short one.

The first graduates of Kankakee County’s Mental Health Court were celebrated last Wednesday in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Lindsay Parkhurst.

Officers are arresting more people on failure to appear in court warrants since the SAFE-T Act went into effect.

As the sun glared off the Kankakee River on Saturday, 7-year-old Kolton Baker and his mother, Chris Gankel, both of Bourbonnais, were casting out lines from Fisherman Park in Kankakee for their third year participating in the derby.

Bradley police and the Kankakee County Coroner’s Office are investigating a double homicide Monday that occurred in the 200 block of South Prairie Avenue.