Kankakee News

The home-invading Christmas elf has been identified, and it turns out to be a teenage prankster.

Should disgraced ex-Gov. George Ryan be given a partial state pension of $68,400 a year for his tenure as a county official, state legislator and lieutenant governor? Or, should the imprisoned ex-chief executive be stripped of that amount - on top of his lost pension earnings from his days as governor and secretary of state - to help steer future ...

More than 17,000 red, white and blue carnations were used to decorate every headstone in the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery as thousands of people flocked to Wednesday's Veterans Day celebration.

" The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs held an open house today at the Prince Home at Manteno to bring awareness to the resources the State of Illinois provides for homeless and disabled veterans.

A suspect in Monday's shooting in Danville is behind bars today. Robert Lee Taylor was arrested Wednesday morning in Kankakee, Illinois by Kankakee Counties Major Crimes Task Force.

Nicole L. Timm, 19, 420 W. Washington St., and a 15-year-old girl were cited in connection with a retail theft Thursday at Wal-Mart, 4041 Veterans Drive.

It was a tough day for NCIC Lincoln champ IVC. The Grey Ghosts were roughed up by the Saints Kankakee Bishop McNamara 32-0 on Halloween Day, their first loss of the season.

William Geasa, dean and athletic director at Minooka Junior High, tendered his resignation at the Minooka Grade School Board meeting Wednesday night.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 11:06 am US/Central KANKAKEE, Ill. Two people were rescued by emergency crews Thursday morning after a boat capsized in the Kankakee River.

Family friends often approached self-taught oil painter Eleanor Lajcin with a photograph and the request, 'Can you paint this for me?'" And for 30 years Eleanor did.

Luis Benavides, 37, 812 Rivers Edge, Minooka, was fined $200 for not having a valid license Sept.

Amy Alderson and Mark Lehnus will unite in marriage on April 16, 2010, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in South Wilmington.

Share + Oct 19, 2009 10:14 pm US/Central Reporting Kristyn Hartman KANKAKEE, Ill.

It was 3 a.m. Friday when Area Crockett got the phone call. On the other end was her niece Leasha Crockett, letting her know that her ex-boyfriend, Bartholomew Bishop, the man police wanted for shooting her and murdering her friend in September, had been arrested.

A DVD focused on the Aug. 2 homecoming of Illinois National Guard Company C, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment is now available for preorder.

Jaxon Layne Bartolini holds his mom's finger with his tiny hand while in the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit.

Issued by the National Weather Service at 9:04 PM CDT on September 27, 2009 Tornado Watch 745 remains valid until 2 am CDT /3 am EDT/ Monday for the following areas In Illinois this watch includes 15 counties In central Illinois Livingston In east central Illinois Ford Iroquois In north central Illinois Boone De Kalb La Salle In northeast Illinois ...

Frank Lacny lives in Mokena and works in Mokena, and he plans to keep it that way.

In 'Caution: Children should come with warning labels,' author Patti McKenna of Kankakee takes readers on a hilarious ride through her life as a parent and the lessons she's learned along the way.

Letter: What nursing shortage? Published: Sep 21, 2009 9:20 am - I just turned 62 a couple of weeks ago.