Hoodwinked, fooled, deceived, misled, bamboozled. Those are just a few words to describe what a teenager allegedly did to a community journalist with 40 years of experience. In the small town of ...

Dear Jill: Really? A letter about the price of toilet paper? I have never given a moment’s thought to toilet paper prices, and you know why? Because it is a necessity. Please, can you stick to ...

KANKAKEE — Kankakee School District 111 officials are waiting for the weather to stabilize before shutting off the second boiler at Lincoln Cultural Center so that the equipment can be removed ...

The Let's Ketchup local nonprofit gives a $7,000 check to Bourbonnais Elementary District 53 on Tuesday to go toward paying school lunch debt for families in the greatest need. Pictured, from left ...

Large fuel tanks await placement as exterior walls begin to take shape at the Ricky Rockets Fuel Center along East Court Street at the Interstate 57 interchange on Wednesday. READ MORE.

Located at 755 Penfield St. in Beecher, Golden Brew & Creamery offers many different sweets such as donuts, pastries, and ice cream. Owner Dee Dee Hurley said the shop opened back in June and is ...

The U.S. House approved a series of investments in late February from the pending 2024 federal budget and the 441,000-square-foot Ken Hayes Industrial Park along East North Street in the ...

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” This metaphor encapsulates how our beginnings — our families, our environments — can profoundly influence our perception of what’s possible ...

By allowing these students to miss class without penalty for sanctioned events, the bill is a major win for both students and the agriculture industry, Pritzker said upon signing HB3814 into law.

BRADLEY — Rishard D. Blakemore, of Kankakee, was charged by the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office with five retail thefts totaling more than $18,000 in 2022 from a Bradley business.

The familiar sights and sounds are still there: the scuffed and faded floor tiles, the relentless beige-on-beige color scheme, the toddlers' clothes and refrigerators and pretty much everything in ...

In this weekend's A Taylor-Made Life, Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about the challenge to try 30 new things in her 30th year.