Jeff Bonty

Bourbonnais trustees passed an ordinance that puts a moratorium on building data centers in the village during Monday’s board meeting.

The tension between the Bourbonnais Township board and Highway Commissioner Jason Diaz boiled over during Monday’s board meeting.

Dredging of the Bourbonnais Municipal Center pond recently was completed.

Rogelio Alvarado-Alarcon, of Kankakee, was arrested Friday on multiple charges by the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group.

Bourbonnais officials decided Wednesday to put in place a moratorium on building data centers in the village.

A Kankakee man charged with killing a 15-year-old boy in June 2021 will now be facing federal charges.

Bourbonnais Township trustees and its highway commissioner are at odds over the purchase of a street sweeper.

Transcripts from Xandria Harris’ first attempt of a trial earlier this year have been received by her attorney.

Data centers have become a hot-button topic nationally. When reading or hearing about a proposed data center, people foresee drastic changes if allowed. This hit home Monday at the Bourbonnais board meeting.

Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group arrested three men on Friday, May 8 and confiscated guns, marijuana, and cash following a raid of an alleged motorcycle house on the south side of Kankakee.

A third person, who was a passenger in a pickup which crashed early Sunday in Momence, died Thursday.

A Kankakee man was arrested in connection to the 18 dogs recovered from an alleged dog-fighting ring during the weekend in Pembroke Township.

Earlier this month, trustees for the village of Bourbonnais approved a resolution approving a new four-year contract with the Bourbonnais Police Department sergeants.

Bourbonnais Township’s board attorney Sean Conway said the gas storage project of Highway Commissioner Jason Diaz has been referred to law enforcement authorities.

The Momence Police Department investigated a single-vehicle crash that left two people dead and two others seriously injured early Sunday morning.