Next week, the longtime Kankakee School District 111 preschool teacher will have her third surgery in a year to reduce the size of her legs, which have swelled during the past 30 years because of ...

The new ban against the use of hand-held electronics by motorists appears to be doing more to discourage distracted driving in a month than its predecessor — a law against texting and driving — did in ...

Bouncing back and forth from English to Greek, Pat Cotsones commandeers both the baking and the conversation. Cloves and oregano, she'll tell you, give her heartburn. The chopped walnuts won't weigh ...

From 5:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 12 at The GROW Center, 310 Main St. NW, Bourbonnais, the Kankakee Area LGBTQ Network will be hosting GAY-la 2024: Beyond the Rainbow Brick Road. This event will celebrate the ...

Every morning, employees at Mexican bakeries around the area wake up and get to work, trying to beat the sunrise. Once there, they start the process to create doughnuts, cookies and sweet bread that ...

KANKAKEE — New public artwork will be coming to downtown Kankakee.

KANKAKEE — Labeling the Richard Simms’ federal indictment a “sad day for the City of Kankakee,” Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong stated that shortly after her April 2017 election, she began questioning ...

Lupe Carroll, of Kankakee, and Misti Kohl, of Bourbonnais, transition between sets and discuss local music Thursday during Wright at Twilight at The B. Harley Bradley House in Kankakee. The two played ...

KANKAKEE — At noon Saturday, Still I Rise will be hosting a blanket and winter accessory giveaway and offer a to-go dinner at 321 S. Schuyler Ave., Kankakee (on the corner of Schuyler Avenue and ...

Nate Hill scored 32 points while Kankakee held the state's top-ranked college recruit, Ty Rodgers, and Thornton at bay in a convincing Kays victory Tuesday.

A home in the 800 block Cobb Boulevard in Kankakee is decorated like a monster ahead of Halloween night.

While Rev. Nicholas Greanias has attended many Greek festivals in his life, he only has attended the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Kankakee's once, and this weekend's 82nd celebration will be ...