Kankakee News

A television set was stolen between Sunday night and Monday morning from a residence in the 500 block of Ottawa Street in Joliet.

Talk about a baptism of fire. One moment the Romeoville fire chief was being sworn in as vice president of the newly reformed Romeoville Lions Club, the next he was out the door on an emergency call.

DOE will invest $25 million to upgrade hydropower facilities, including small ones like this power plant in Kankakee, Illinois.

Dexter Price has won a $1,000 cash prize in the Kankakee River Fishing Derby. Price, of Kankakee, caught the derby's seventh tagged fish, a 14-inch drum named "Diet Pepsi Max." The cash prize, sponsored by Pepsi Americas.

The bill now moves to the state Senate for consideration. a A Kankakee man was charged with driving a power boat while drunk after he slammed into a pontoon boat late Saturday night on the Kankakee River, Illinois Department of Natural Resources police said Monday.

" Larry Chouinard of Kankakee was arrested last week by Bradley police after the Illinois Attorney General unsealed a 19-count indictment alleging that Chouinard engaged in a 5- year scheme through which he collected and personally used tens of thousands of dollars intended for insurance premiums, including payments from Bourbonnais Township and 13 ...

As might be expected in late June, lakefront perch headlines the Midwest Fishing Report.

Aureliuse "Buddy" Piper was found guilty Tuesday of three charges of first-degree murder for the December 1997 killings in Kankakee of 9-year-old M.T. Hawkins Jr.; his father, M.T. Sr., 52; and Patricia Easter, 42, the father's girlfriend.

Countless students are letting their minds go idle during the long summer months.

The body of a Wilmington man was found Sunday morning in Kankakee State River Park Hunting Area 7 in Will County.

A friend was coming back from an outing Sunday in Will County when he stopped at Wilmington Dam on the Kankakee.

The first example of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Prairie style" architecture has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Four former central Illinois high school wrestlers have been indicted in the alleged sexual assault of a teammate.

Finding good Chinese food can be a daunting task, especially trying to find one with a wide selection of authentic choices.

The Shapiro Credit Union at 100 E. Jeffery St., Kankakee, was the latest victim of an armed robbery late Tuesday morning, according to Kankakee police.

Uncle Sam will spend millions of dollars to try to succeed where many parents fail - getting kids to eat their fruits and veggies.

Beginning July 1, the Almond Campus of Warren Township High School will have a new assistant principal.

Gil teaches Spanish and Latin American literature at the University of Denver. She reports on cultural and literary news for the Hispanic News Services of EFE and is the author of Mimi's Parranda/La parranda de Mimi , a bilingual children's book.

The home is located in a lot donated by the City of Kankakee and the three-bedroom home goes to Dianne Summerville.

A 31-year-old Decatur man has been indicted in the beating death of a homeless man in a Kankakee park.