Kankakee News

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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