COVID-19

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...

Politics, competition with religious schools, far outweighed science in school shutdown decisions, analysis found

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square (The Center Square) – In response to state and local government shutdowns reportedly designed to prevent the spread of...

Kankakee County’s rolling 7-Day Positivity hits 8.0% for first time Sunday

KANKAKEE – Kankakee County’s rolling 7-day positivity rating hit 8.0% for the first time Sunday. The rating, which factors in the previous seven days of...

Peotone HS returns to full in-person learning for entire student body Nov 2nd

PEOTONE - Peotone CUSD 207U announced Friday Peotone High School will no longer be adopting an A/B schedule and will return to full in-person...

Illinois sets new record, 6,161 cases Saturday, Region 7 positivity continues to rise

KANKAKEE - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported Saturday Kankakee County’s seven-day positivity ratings in the last 24 hours to continue to...

Some school districts scrap in-person learning plans as COVID-19 metrics rise

By Kevin Bessler | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Some Illinois school districts that planned to switch from remote learning to in-person learning are...

College student dies of COVID-19 a month after returning to home to study remotely

LA GRANGE – An 18-year-old student at the University of Dayton has died of COVID-19 a month after returning home to study remotely. Michael Lang,...
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