Christopher Breach

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke to ONU students at chapel service on Thursday, inspiring future leaders to call on their faith.

Feedback received from a proposed outdoor police gun range being built behind the Manteno Public Works building has led to the plan being tabled.

Several Kankakee County government officials spoke at Tuesday's 2025 State of the County Address at Olivet Nazarene University.

Just the talk of a possible police gun range being built behind the Manteno Public Works building spurred debate at village board meeting.

The local Joann Fabrics and Crafts in Bradley Commons remains open, but it will eventually close.

In an effort to re-energize its Youth Council, the Kankakee County Branch of the NAACP will hold an official kickoff event at 5 p.m. Monday at the Kankakee Public Library.

In its first year in existence, IRIS, an online referral network, now boasts 45 agencies onboard and has made more than 200 referrals among more than 130 families.

At Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Kankakee Regional Land Bank Authority, it was reported the city of Kankakee came up with a formula to pay the cost for cleanup of the pharmaceuticals in the abandoned Jaffe building.

The village of Manteno turned to Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications in Chicago to handle public relations for all the planning and board meetings surrounding the zoning change for Gotion.

The Heritage Prairie solar farm project is still moving forward with expected completion in late 2027.

Rosewood Acres, a new commercial photography studio, opened recently in downtown Kankakee.

The Iroquois-Kankakee Regional Office of Education unanimously approved Patricia High as the new superintendent, effective Feb. 28 when current superintendent Frank Petkunas retires.

The village of Manteno approved a resolution for an intergovernmental agreement with Kankakee County to provide animal control services.

The former school teacher, coach and most recently public works employee, Dan Johnson has retired from the department.

Kankakee County Board Chairman Matthew Alexander-Hildebrand has already made a few executive decisions to consolidate the number of committees within the county board to help it run a bit more efficiently.