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A small percentage of individuals (some unemployed, but more often those looking for “easy money”) turned to crime. The front page of the Kankakee Daily Republican regularly displayed reports of

Spurts of lakefront salmon and trout along with inland fishing heating up lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Over two dozen volunteers gathered on a windy morning for the Earth Day Cleanup hosted Saturday by the Kankakee Public Library Youth Services team in downtown Kankakee.

Kind words about Sara Loring were in no short supply Monday during her memorial playground dedication at Steuben Elementary School, where she taught for five years before she and her

At Kankakee County Board’s Highways and Waterways committee meeting, Board Chairman Andy Wheeler said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a permit for dredging the Kankakee River at the

When Alfred Fortin died at the age of 87 on January 26, 1937, his will instructed the creation of an orphanage with a specified location: six large lots that he

Some southern suburbs and parts of northwest Indiana could be at risk of severe weather on Thursday afternoon and into the evening hours, with damaging winds...

Love, Peace, & Good Vibes is the theme for this year’s Merchant Street MusicFest, a two-day event featuring music across three stages, art vendors, food trucks and more. The 2024

Illinois lawmakers joined the licensed cannabis industry Thursday in calling for a ban on intoxicating hemp products such as Delta-8-THC, a move retailers of such substances said would put them out of business. The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, which represents large licensed marijuana companies, called for allowing regulated sales of non-intoxicating hemp products such as CBD, ...

A cool, rainy day is in store for much of the Chicago area Thursday as on-and-off scattered showers and some thunderstorms were expected to sweep through the...