Chebanse News

There were girls there who couldn't make it over the high bar at heights St. Anne Community High School high jumper Mia Smith could easily clear.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Royal and Cynthia Boudreau of Chebanse, Ill. The groom is the son of Timothy and Ruth Newman of Cissna Park, Ill.

After being told he was no longer welcome in the Chebanse home he shared with at least three other people, a 28-year-old man threatened two former roommates with a knife and then a hatchet.

Kankakee County Sheriff Tim Bukowski isn't planning for retirement just yet. The 65-year-old, 17-year sheriff will host a campaign kickoff event from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Homestead Restaurant, 1230 S. East Ave.

If there's a new rash of road rage in Iroquois County this summer, it can't be blamed on bad driving, just bad timing.

A 62-year-old former Chebanse man is facing seven years in prison after he was found guilty Monday of molesting his two grandchildren more than eight years ago.

She likes to bake cakes for her grandchildren and dotes on her 15 great-grandchildren. Still, Jean Kohler, of Chebanse, doesn't exactly have this senior citizen role down pat.

The tears of joy have dried. Now it's time to get down to work at the Uptown Grille in Chebanse.

Livestock long has been big business in Illinois, and nothing about it brings in more dollars per animal than the sale of purebred breeding stock and animals sold to be shown in the coming season of county and state fairs and other regional competitions.

Goat is the most commonly eaten red meat on Earth. Though not common table fare in most American homes, increasing immigrant populations of Muslims, Hispanics and other traditional goat eaters have brought a boom in the meat goat business here.