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Kankakee, Illinois is located in Kankakee County. Zip codes in Kankakee, IL include 60901. The median home price in Kankakee is $82,000. More Kankakee information.

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Sunday | Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

10 Questions with Rick Kimmel

Pause for Patriotism will have a new location at River Road Park in Kankakee this year and a new president, Rick Kimmel, 52, of Bradley, chairman of Boy Scouts Troop 319 of St.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Around Town - Monday, May 16, 2013

KANKAKEE Art of Storytelling The Art of Storytelling Spoken Word Open Mic will be held Friday at Soul da Soul, 659 E. Court St.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Powerball fever: What would you do with $475 million?

If there's two things people want, it's to travel and to win the lottery. Especially when the jackpot reaches epic proportions.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Man shot in the leg in Kankakee refuses to talk to police

A 21-year-old man shot in the leg in the 900 block of East Chestnut Street in Kankakee shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday has refused to give police information about what happened or why.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Bourbonnais man arrested for DUI after crashing stolen car

A 20-year-old Bourbonnais man was arrested for driving under the influence after he crashed a stolen car into a tree early Thursday morning.

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Grant Park Gazette

Grant Park Gleanings

The annual event features tours in the one-room school house and Dr. A. L. Small's memorial home.

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Manteno News

Manteno Musings

Art in the Park New at BTPD! Area residents are invited to Bourbonnais Township Park District's Art in the Park - a traditional fine arts festival with a twist! The event will be held on Saturday, June 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Perry Farm Park, 450 N. Kennedy Drive in Bourbonnais, with family-friendly prices - three activities for $5 or $2 per ... (more)

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Wed May 15, 2013

Beecher Herald

Relay For Life Of Kankakee County

The American Cancer Society's, Relay For Life of Kankakee County recently held a relay committee meeting at the Bradley Quality Inn.

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Manteno News

Ice Cream Day

Heather Petkunas of Momence scoops ice cream for students in her son Jonas's first grade class at St.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Hopkins Park in line for $200,000 development

A long-idle, 10-acre park in Hopkins Park will be developed with a basketball court, children's playground and more, thanks to a newly awarded $200,000 state grant.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

As Memorial Day approaches, police focusing on seat belts

Kankakee police will cracking down on seat beat violations for the next two weeks.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Workers paid to stay home? Local rep takes aim at controversial policy

State Rep. Kate Cloonen, D-Kankakee, said she's trying to crack down on what she's calling a flagrant abuse of a state policy that pays workers suspected of wrongdoing to stay home.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Convicted killer gets 78-year sentence

Demetrious Jones, 21, was sentenced Tuesday to 78 years in prison for the murder of Marcus Sanders and the attempted murder of Dewitt Holbrook - bringing to close the state's first televised trial.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Police blotter: May 14, 2013

Battery Marquis D. Foster, 20, of Kankakee, was arrested by Bradley police at 10:46 p.m. Friday for aggravated domestic battery.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Around Town - Monday, May 13, 2013

KANKAKEE Pause for Patriotism Now in its 20th year, Pause for Patriotism will be held Friday and Saturday - Armed Forces Day - at River Road Park, 1900 River Road, Kankakee.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Steuben student solving his stuttering problem

Corion's story will be featured later this month on the National Stuttering Foundation website .

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Mon May 13, 2013

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Momence man nabbed for 11 pounds of weed, held on $2M bond

A 42-year-old Momence man accused of trafficking at least 11 pounds of marijuana was held Monday on a $2 million bond.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Solar energy discussion 'Power Hour' set for Thursday at KCC

A program on the potential to foster the growth of a regional solar energy industry in the Kankakee region will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Kankakee Community College, The free "Kankakee Power Hour" informational session about solar electric potential will be held in Room D-140 in the front of the east wing of the main campus building.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Scam bank card phone calls hitting the area again

Automated phone calls notifying consumers of disrupted bank cards - a phishing scam used to con card holders out of their account numbers - are again sweeping the area.

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Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Guilty of murder, Kankakee man to be sentenced Tuesday

Demetrious Jones, 21, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for the murder of Marcus Sanders.

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