Mason Schweizer's column remembers Deb Johnston, who devoted her adult life to the same Kankakee community she grew up in, ...

On Oct. 4, 16-year-old Cooper went to the Kankakee County Courthouse with his mom, Haven (Poppie) Walters, and stepdad, ...

The Wildcats were able to stay within striking distance in the first half, but Israel Abrams and the Broncos pulled away in ...

The headline from a discussion last week of the prospects for Metra in the coming years was certainly attention-getting: ...

In this weekend's A Taylor-Made Life, Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about the challenge to try 30 new things in her 30th year ...

On Sunday evening, Oct. 8, 1871, a small barn on the west side of Chicago was consumed by a fire that soon spread to ...

Kankakee Valley Theatre Association will hold one special performance of the classic Christmas tale, Charles Dickens’ A ...

At Grant Park Elementary School, one could walk down a hallway and see windows open in one classroom and kids wearing coats ...

My Blue Book is open and saddens my day, on this Nov. 18. Each week I open the calendar book I’ve used since 1980 to note ...

Deb Johnston, retired longtime physical education teacher and coach who became a pillar in Kankakee girls sports, as well as ...

Ascension Saint Mary Kankakee has earned an A Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit ...

Bradley-Bourbonnais senior Savannah Zirbel’s highly-decorated high school swimming career has come to an end. Zirbel went out ...