Kankakee News

Memorial Day is seen by many as the symbolic start of summer, and summer began with a bang this year.

Battery Robert Standish Jr., 43, of 8841 Clifton Ave., Mokena, was arrested at 4:29 p.m. May 19 by Peotone police in the 200 block of North Second Street for battery, interfering with a police officer, fighting within a liquor establishment and criminal damage to property.

A Kankakee woman was rushed to Riverside Medical Center after firefighters found her unconscious, but breathing, in a burning house late Sunday night.

The annual Strawberry Jazz Festival is scheduled 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at Gov. Small Memorial park, 801 S. Eighth Ave., Kankakee.

My partner, James Vinson and I were joined in a civil union last year on June 3 2012.

Up until her April 10 death at the age of 82, Vivian Trimby of Custer Park had a knack for communicating effectively with anyone, whether or not she personally knew them.

The following is a round-up of area events being held in honor of Memorial Day. Services in Kankakee The Kankakee Veterans' Council will hold two Memorial Day services Monday.

Aggravated battery Neil Bernsteen, 23, of 584 S. Chicago Ave., Kankakee, was arrested at 5:03 p.m. Tuesday by Kankakee police for aggravated battery after a stabbing in the 500 block of East River Street.

A man who allegedly robbed the Casey's General Store on Brookmont Boulevard early Thursday morning may have fled the scene in a maroon Pontiac Grand Prix.

Gentlemen's Choice barbershop, a Kankakee institution at the corner of East River Street and South Harrison Avenue, may soon be only a memory.

Terry Granger, principal at Maternity BVM Catholic School in Bourbonnais for the past 10 years, is graduating to high school -- again.

Pain remains prevalent among family members of recent Kankakee murder victims. It's something no one should have to endure, and that's one of the reasons Tiffany Buckner addressed the estimated crowd of 200 that participated in an anti-violence protest march held Thursday.

Unemployment in the Kankakee area dipped more than 1 percentage point, from 11.8 percent to 10.5 percent, a statewide downward trend in the number of jobless.

Peg Cleggett of Kankakee rallies with fellow American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union members at a rally against proposed pension legislation outside the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Wednesday.

For 55 years, Memorial Day has been "the" holiday on Don Goin's calendar. And Monday will be no exception for this 84-year-old Bourbonnais resident.

It was 1977, and WBYG was the 50,000-watt rock-'n'-roll radio blowtorch of Chicago's south suburbs.

Cook, IL ; DeKalb, IL ; DuPage, IL ; Grundy, IL ; Iroquois, IL ; Jasper, IN ; Kane, IL ; Kankakee, IL ; Kendall, IL ; La Salle, IL ; Lake, IL ; Lake, IN ; Lee, IL ; McHenry, IL ; Newton, IN ; Ogle, IL ; Porter, IN ; Will, IL The two, a man and another man or boy, were shot in the 6200 block of South Honore Avenue about 10:15 a.m., authorities said.

Cook, IL ; DeKalb, IL ; DuPage, IL ; Grundy, IL ; Iroquois, IL ; Jasper, IN ; Kane, IL ; Kankakee, IL ; Kendall, IL ; La Salle, IL ; Lake, IL ; Lake, IN ; Lee, IL ; McHenry, IL ; Newton, IN ; Ogle, IL ; Porter, IN ; Will, IL A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of killing his new bride in south ... (more)

Cook, IL ; DeKalb, IL ; DuPage, IL ; Grundy, IL ; Iroquois, IL ; Jasper, IN ; Kane, IL ; Kankakee, IL ; Kendall, IL ; La Salle, IL ; Lake, IL ; Lake, IN ; Lee, IL ; McHenry, IL ; Newton, IN ; Ogle, IL ; Porter, IN ; Will, IL A pickup truck hit and seriously injured a pedestrian in Oak Lawn this morning, closing a major intersection in the southwest ... (more)

CORRECTION A blotter item that appeared in Tuesday's edition incorrectly stated that Tamisha N. Fitch, 24, of 741 W. Harbor St., Kankakee, was arrested at 3:53 a.m. Saturday by Kankakee police for possession of cannabis less than 30 grams following a traffic stop near the intersection of Birch Street and Dearborn Avenue.