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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...

5 Star Wings Expands at New Location and Set for Mingle with the Mayor

Kankakee, IL – Since opening for business at their new location in Kankakee, 5 Star Wings located at 125 West Station Street continues to see ongoing...

Gas N Wash celebrates Grand Opening on Bourbonnais Parkway

Bourbonnais Parkway will welcome its first business as Gas N Wash celebrates its Grand Opening at 5916 N. Convent in Bourbonnais this weekend, starting Friday at 8 am.

Diversity and Inclusion Series: Illinois RISE Act Presentation comes to Kankakee

Kankakee, IL – Mayor Wells-Armstrong will be hosting a presentation featuring guest speaker Patricia Santoyo-Marin on the Illinois (RISE) Retaining Illinois Students and Equity Act. The...

Bourbonnais $5 million bond will support critical infrastructure in Village

According to U.S. News & World Report, bond ratings are independent, forward-thinking opinions on the creditworthiness of a bond issuer. At the bond closing on Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Village of Bourbonnais was able to secure the $5 million bond with a low 1.87% interest rate, due to current market conditions combined with the AA- bond rating. This is a sustained rating previously-issued to the village in 2017, under former Finance Director, Michael Wolf.

OSFM Encourages Illinoisans to Purchase Approved Smoke Alarms

(Springfield) - The Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshall is reminding Illinoisans of the importance of having approved smoke alarms. Illinois law requires that smoke...

Illinois State Police Forensic Laboratories Post Case Assignments & Completion Rates Online

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As a new measure of transparency and accountability, the Illinois State Police Forensic Services Command unveiled to the public a forensics...
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