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Kankakee County Circuit Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott sentenced 38-year-old Wayne R. Hipple, 38, of Bourbonnais, to four years in prison

Riverside Medical Center begins use of a neurointerventional biplane angiography system, which cost $3 million, according to Riverside officials

Kankakee Valley Park District is celebrating 100 years of parks and recreation

The story of Sir Edmund Winterbottom has been distinct from most other rabbits’ tales

Kankakee County has seen an influx of capital improvements over the past five years, totaling $2.5 billion spread among several manufacturers and businesses

The Manteno Show Choir Boosters will hold a Super Bingo event Saturday to support the choir’s upcoming competition

Financial resources are most definitely not an issue for Bradley

The opportunity was made possible when Mrs. Austiff and Mrs. Lara applied for a scholarship to rent the VR headsets from the Illinois Holocaust Museum

State Representative Jackie Haas (R-Kankakee) is ready to launch her fifth annual “Valentines for Veterans” program for local veterans

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, which happens in conjunction with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is set for Monday, Jan. 20

A Kankakee man faces federal charges for allegedly robbing a United States postal carrier at gunpoint in a Chicago suburb last week

Kankakee School District 111’s assistant superintendent of human resources Shemeka Fountain was fired Monday with a split 4-3 vote by the Kankakee School Board

A status hearing was held Tuesday at the Kankakee County Courthouse on the ongoing civil case of the Concerned Citizens of Manteno vs. Transform Manteno LLC, which is the Gotion lithium battery manufacturer

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School is looking to jump on board the electric school bus trend

The 11-full-time member Bradley Fire Department is back to its desired level of command staff as a firefighter took the lieutenant’s oath of office on Monday

Year two of the Bradley 315 Music Fest promises to be an even more star-studded show than last summer

A Lombard contractor discovers a forgotten Christmas present from 46 years ago

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Law enforcement gives all-clear after 3 1/2 hours of searching by bomb-detecting canines and bomb squad personnel found no incendiary or explosive device

If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something

One of the men is accused of striking the victim with a revolver

Kankakee nonprofit organization Still I Rise will be holding a blanket giveaway Saturday

Kankakee County Circuit Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott said she will rule next month on a motion to suppress evidence in the trial of Xandria Harris

Bourbonnais trustees approved a resolution merging the village’s three business districts into one at last week’s board meeting

She holds the distinction of being the first Black woman to be hired within the department, starting her law enforcement career with the Kankakee Police Department on Sept. 7, 2005

A total of 49 seniors at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School were recognized this year as Illinois State Scholars

Good Samaritan critical care nurse Meghan Schick is the winner of a prestigious Nurse of the Year Award

The vacant seat on the Kankakee School Board left by the death of Deb Johnston will be filled by Cynthia Veronda

The annual Women United breakfast is back

While the top two positions within the Kankakee Police Department remain in place, there is significant change within the department

A man was seriously injured Saturday in a possible drive-by shooting in Pembroke Township

Twenty-six visiting international teachers hailing from four countries started their jobs in Kankakee School District 111 this week as school resumed from winter break

The board unanimously approved a contract Monday with Piggush Simoneau Inc., of Kankakee, for $298,298

Police have thus far questioned 15-20 people who were inside the house when the shooting occurred

The driver of an Illinois Department of Transportation snow plow died Monday after it collided with a Canadian National Railway train in Iroquois County

Hope’s Front Door offers resources to assist the challenges faced by members of community members throughout the year

Suburban immigrants are bracing for mass deportations

The Lombard Park District has formally acquired the cleared site of the former Helen Plum library along Lilacia’s south side.

More than 30 inflatable Santa Clause figures stand in front of homes on Ashland Avenue in La Grange and Countryside

The cause of a Thursday morning fire at the Four Lakes residential complex near Lisle remains under investigation, authorities said.

With the toppling of the brutal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, suburbanites with Syrian roots are filled with hope for a brighter future following his downfall.

Walgreens will close about 1,200 locations over the next three years as the drugstore chain seeks to turnaround a struggling U.S. business that contributed to a $3 billion quarterly loss.

A man was arrested Thursday after punching another man in the face at a contentious Glendale Heights Village Board meeting, police said.

During a recent interview with the Daily Herald on various issues, the two rivals for the 45th District state House seat chose their top priorities as the reasons voters should send them to Springfield.

A year after Hamas’ fateful attack on southern Israel, the Middle East is embroiled in a war that shows no signs of ending and seems to be getting worse

The Country Jam music festival, hosted by the Park District of La Grange, was held at Gordon Park in La Grange on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024.

Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against extradition to the United States on espionage charges, a London court ruled Monday — a decision likely to further drag out an already long legal saga.

Raisi's death, along with the foreign minister and other officials in a helicopter crash Sunday in northwestern Iran, came as Iran struggles with internal dissent and its relations with the wider world.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu