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Boost Your Cooking Skills in Kankakee: Free ‘Create Better Health’ Classes This Summer

Kankakee, IL - This summer, the Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet is launching a free cooking class series aimed at promoting healthier eating habits among adults and families. The...

Will County Alert: Gas Scare Prompts Swift Evacuation at Rockdale School, Students Safe

Rockdale, IL - Students at Rockdale Public School were evacuated early Wednesday morning after a reported gas smell....

Will County, IL – Unique ‘Agriculture Rescue Techniques’ Training Event for Illinois Farm Workers 

Beecher, IL – In an innovative move aimed at bolstering safety on farms, the University of Illinois -...

Merrillville Police to Conduct Advanced Training at Local School: What Residents Need to Know

Merrillville, IN - The Merrillville Police Department has announced an upcoming police training session scheduled for the evening...

Kankakee, IL – Salmonella Scare at Bourbonnais Cracker Barrel: 8 Sickened

Kankakee, IL - The Kankakee County Health Department (KCHD) and the Illinois Department of Public Health are investigating...

Meijer suspends 24 hour service, offers senior hours

The store’s new hours will be 8 am to 10 pm. Pay at the pump gas sales will continue to operate inside of a 24 hour window. Meijer will also begin providing senior citizens and customers with chronic health problems a special shopping window from 7-8 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Will County resident, 2 others dead, now 4 victims from COVID-19 in Illinois

Developing Governor Pritzker announced during his daily press conference three additional deaths in Illinois from COVID-19.   Officials announced a total of 134 new coronavirus cases...

4 Days after Executive Order signed, Riverside Health Fitness Center Closes

Riverside Health Fitness Center will its doors at 7pm tonight due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This news follows as the 1st Case of Coronavirus...

COVID-19 in Kankakee County reported at Riverside Medical Center

A man in his 70s tested positive for COVID-19 at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.  The patient was since sent home to be quarantined. In...

Kankakee County Health Department is NOT a testing site for COVID-19

Kankakee County Health Department is NOT a testing site for COVID-19. That’s the message local Health Department officials are enforcing this morning, telling people showing symptoms...

New Lenox’s Silver Cross Hospital admits patient to ICU with COVID-19

A patient is in the ICU tonight at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox with Coronavirus. That announcement came from President/CEO Ruth Colby in a statement earlier...
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