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           …. Included are Labor Day events Bourbonnais Township Park District has canceled large-scale events for the rest of the year. Sleepy Hollow at Perry Farm, Scarecrow...

After recording two new coronavirus deaths Monday, raising the county total to 65 who have died from the virus, Kankakee County Public Health officials then reported 21 new confirmed positive cases on Tuesday. There’s now 1702...

Some parents, concerned about the pandemic, are choosing to avoid sending their kids back to school this upcoming school year. Some districts are reporting an increase number of decisions by parents to instead, take the...

Little information is available about a shooting in Aroma Park Monday night. Police in Aroma Park say a 23-year-old male was treated for injuries at a Kankakee hospital. He was hit several times. The incident was on East 2nd...

Jasper, White and Tippecanoe counties added new cases of cornavirus Monday.  The Indiana State Department of Health reported 561 additional Hoosiers were diagnosed with COVID-19.  There have been 2,709 people who have...

Iroquois, Livingston, Kankakee, Vermilion County health officials all reporting increases in their coronavirus cases in the last day. The state of Illinois also had 1231 new cases on Monday.Governor JB Pritzker says the numbers...

The Phase 4 Return to School Plan was announced Friday by the Unit Nine School District in Watseka.  Superintendent Dr. David Andriano explains the plan provides guidance to parents and staff as preparations are made to...

IMH is offering a community service to make going back to school a little less-stressful.  FREE Back to School Safety Kits are available to those kids who schedule back to school physicals at any of the IMH Clinics... in...

The Momence Fire Station is host site for a Red Cross Blood Drive today (Monday 7/27).  Donars are welcome from 2 - 6 pm at the fire department at 15 N. Pine.  Blood drives are also planned this week at Gilman and in...

Registration is now open for the Kankakee-Iroquois County Back to School Fair.  The annual event is coordinated by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet.  Its serves students from both counties providing low-income...