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Kankakee County’s Most Credible UFO Encounter in Bourbonnais Remains a Mystery 35 Years Later

Bourbonnais, IL - As the weather warms and more people head outdoors, the likelihood of encountering the unknown increases.  On January 20, 1989, a significant UFO sighting was reported in...

Bourbonnais Beams: Cheer Camp Cheers on Young Spirit!

Bourbonnais, IL – Get ready to cheer loud and proud, Bourbonnais! The Bourbonnais Park District presents the Cheer...

Coal City Blood Drive Offers $15 E-Gift Card for Donations on May 23

Coal City, IL - Versiti Blood Centers is incentivizing blood donations with a $15 e-gift card for those...

Champaign County, Illinois 160,000-Square-Foot Event Center, Established in 1988, Sold in Midwest

Gifford, IL - Gordyville USA, a renowned auction house and event center in Champaign County, has been sold...

Shorewood Man Identified in Fatal Motorcycle Crash Involving School Bus with Students on Board

Shorewood, IL - A Shorewood man has been identified as the motorcyclist who died in a fatal crash...

CSL Behring worker tests positive for COVID-19

A worker at one of Kankakee County’s top employers has tested positive for COVID-19.  CSL Behring employees around 1,700 people locally. Earlier today...

25% of Kankakee County Cases now stem from Shapiro Developmental Center

A quarter of all cases of COVID-19 in Kankakee County now stem directly from Shapiro Developmental Center in Kankakee.

1st Child in Kankakee County tests positive, cases rise to 47

A Child in Kankakee County has tested positive for COVID-19.  This news comes hours after a teen tested positive for the disease in the County...

1st Teen in Kankakee tests positive for COVID-19

That information came during the Kankakee County Health Departments’ 9am briefing when new numbers were released, including a adult male in his teens and a male in his 40s, bringing Kankakee’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 44. Ages of positive cases in Kankakee County now stretch from teens to 80s.

Shapiro Developmental Center reports 44 residents exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms

Shaprio Developmental Center now has nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 44 residents exhibiting symptoms of the Virus as of Sunday. That was the information sent out union representatives in a letter obtained by Country Herald, allegedly sent by Facility Center Director Lynne Gund via the AFSCME Local 29 Facebook Group.

Will County releases COVID-19 Case Map

Will County Health Department unexpectedly release a case map of positive COVID-19 cases.  According to the map, it appears to show most cases in Will County...
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