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Alternative Baseball founder has high hopes of expanding program even further this year, including in Central Illinois
Taylor Duncan is open about the challenges he faced as a youth. Diagnosed with autism, he grappled with speech issues and anxiety as he...
Illinois Servpro team assisting businesses, homeowners with disaster recovery across the region this winter
The seemingly unrelenting deep freeze that has gripped Central Illinois and the broader region in the first half of February is loosening its stronghold....
Longtime Kankakee eatery reopening this week
After a two-and-a-half-month respite brought on by pandemic-related closures, a longtime Kankakee restaurant known for its selection of pies and other homemade fare is...
Wilmington’s Kankakee River Dam, site of multiple drownings, faces a murky future
For years, it has been an on-again, off-again topic, sometimes flooded with more questions than answers.
But what is clear — at least in more...
‘He was just an outstanding kid’: BBCHS alumnus’ influence continues three decades later
More than three decades have passed since Adam Karr turned his tassel and walked across the stage of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307....
Baby of Hope: Bourbonnais couple brought in Kankakee County’s first new bundle of joy in 2021
The start of the new year will have an extra special meaning to Bourbonnais couple Ryan and Blair Lillis.
Ryan, who works in the public...