Kankakee News

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.

During the Sept. 8 Manteno Village Board meeting, Jim Ryan, Commander of the American Legion in Kankakee, presented the American Legion Gold Medal of Merit award to the village.

Four buses Kendall County will be using for the Kendall Area Transit service have been delivered to a dealer in Kankakee, Ill., Jeff Wilkins, Kendall County administrator, told the board during their Tuesday meeting.

The crap that ends up in our rivers just pisses me off. This is the main dumpster at the Aroma Park boat launch on Sunday .

The FCC's re-allocation of the 700 MHz band has been 10 years in the making, and now that the day of reckoning is upon us, wireless microphone manufacturers are moving forward with products and features they've had in the works to ease the transition.

Police and federal authorities are searching for a prisoner who disarmed officers and escaped Thursday morning in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows.