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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...

Gov. Pritzker Announces Eight Appointments to State Boards

Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointment in his administration.

PETA releases statement on Kankakee Animal Control vote

“A community without a shelter is like a bicycle with only one wheel, and it would be turning its back on people's needs with respect to animal issues. PETA has seen firsthand how desperate people with nowhere to turn—or who have been turned away from private shelters—have cruelly killed unwanted animals or abandoned them to starve, be hit by cars, or die of disease. Every community needs an open-admission animal shelter—one that accepts all animals in need without fees or waiting lists and never turns them away for being too sick, injured, old, or aggressive to adopt out easily.”

Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program Encouraging Bringing Historic Buildings Back to Life

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) this week announced the first recipients for a new statewide historic preservation income tax credit program...

Kankakee Area HS Varsity Football Preview: Goal Line

Kankakee Area HS Varsity Football Preview: Goal Line

How YouTube is changing what it shows kids

The new business practices, along with $170 million in fines , settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and New York state that YouTube owner Google violated children’s online privacy by collecting personal data without parents’ permission.

Peoples Bank of Kankakee County opens with Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening

Peoples Bank of Kankakee County celebrated its official opening of their brand-new Manteno branch on Wednesday, August 28, with a ribbon cutting ceremony co-hosted by the Manteno Chamber of Commerce and the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce.
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