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Secret Food Pantry today
Another of those Secret Food Pantry mobile pop-up events is set for this morning in the Village of Bourbonnais. This one runs from nine til 10 this morning and will be held at the location on Briarwood Lane. Organizers of the event ask you show up no more than a half hour before it starts and that you follow the route ...
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Indiana State Police ask for help to find highway shooter
Indiana State Police say a semi-driver sustained a life-threatening gunshot wound Thursday afternoon while driving on I-65 six miles south of Roselawn. Troopers say it happened about 4:45 last night on the southbound side of the interstate near the 224 mile-marker and the interstate had to be shut down for a time while...
2h ago
Two die in crash northern Kankakee County crash
Two people were killed Thursday in a crash at Route 50 and 12-thousand North Road in far northern Kankakee County. Illinois State Police say the crash happened just before one yesterday afternoon when a car driven by 53-year-old Lisa M. Dome of Wilmington was traveling eastbound on 12-thousand north, failed to stop at ...
2h ago
What's going on around Kankakee County with the Convention and Visitors Bureau
If you're looking for something different to do this Easter weekend, Meegan Massey, marketing coordinator for Visit Kankakee County might have just the thing
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Two Men Arrested for Beating
Two Bourbonnais men have been arrested in connection with the beating of an employee of a store in the 2000 block of North Bradley Blvd on Tuesday. 22 year old Jashon Burnett Wallace and 21 year old Jaylyn Burnett both of Bourbonnais put the victim in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The two are charg...
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Kankakee Ties with Rockford for Highest Jobless Rate Last Month
Kankakee's Jobless rate fell in February. The January rate topped the state at 7.5 percent, but the Illinois Department of Employment Security reports that number fell back to 6.8 percent last month. Still, that 6.8 tied with Rockford for the highest unemployment rate in the state. The lowest jobless rate in the sta...
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Dwight Man Facing Drug Charges
A Dwight, Illinois man has been indicted by a Grundy County Grand Jury on drug charges. Prosecutors allege 36 year old Mitchell Tousignant had an unspecified amount of Fentanyl on his person when he was stopped on I55 in Gardner back on January 19th. Court records indicate Tousignant is also facing drug charges in L...
Mar 28, 2024
Crescent City Man New Coach at Clemson
The Newly named women's basketball Coach at Clemson University is a native of Crescent City. Shawn Poppie has been named to take over the team. Poppie spent the last two seasons at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga where he led the lady Mocs to 28 wins this year and the school's Second Consecutive Southern C...
Mar 28, 2024
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Fisher Swale Nicholson Eye Center
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35th annual “Fill The Bus Toy Drive”
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Watseka Christmas Parade
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Prime House Direct Truckload Sale
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Buddy Check 22 Veterans Golf Outing
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20 Ribeyes for just $40
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Will County Fair Fun
Will County Fair
Denny Case @ Will Co Fair in Peotone
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Love-A-Latte Mini Golf Outing!
Taylor Palooza
Roy wants the Bronco!
Indiana Beach Winner
Fun for the Kids
Fill Up for Freedom
Supporting Our Troops in Rensselaer
Roy Pumping Gas
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Denny Case @ the New Nana's Cakery Location
Ribbon Cutting in Bradley
Cinnamon Roll Heaven
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BFF Parade
Jess @ BFF Parade
Battle of the Band Winners
Ringmaster Denny
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Best Friends at the BFF
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Prime House Direct Truckload Event
Family Fun @ Perry Farm Park
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Family Night Out
Forest fun in Morris
f-Forest Fest in Morris
Denny the Master of Ceremonies
Groundbreaking on new monument
Ray Olley Memorial Project
New monument to honor our military veterans
Mike & Mike in Newton County
Riverside Healthcare kickoff to Skin Cancer Awareness month
WVLI's Bill Dyche with our Shania Twain ticket winner!
Mother's Day weekend fun with Riverside Healthcare
McDonalds Grand Re-Opening
Prize Wheel was Busy in Beecher
Free Big Macs for 1 Year!
Shania Twain ticket winner
Mike & J.B. talk infrastructure
Etched in Time Grand re-opening celebration
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New Store in West Kankakee
River Country Celebrates Joy's Hallmark's 43rd Anniversary
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Municipal Bank Grand Re-Opening
Municipal Bank Bourbonnais
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Rob West @ Tholen's
Tholen's Landscape & Garden Center
Spring Flowers @ Tholen's
Village of Bourbonnais' Chocolate Tour
Tim "Cracks That Whip!"
The lively Milner Media Chocolate Tour Group
Diggin the 80's
A "Denny" Sandwich
33rd Annual Fill The Bus Toy Drive
Mike Ruble at the Fill the Bus Toy Drive
The Annual Dugan Family Fill the Bus Toy Drive
Christmas open house @ Tholens' Landscape & Garden Center in Bourbonnais
Registering for the Tholens' Christmas Basket
Christmas Basket Winners
Kia of Bradley Truck or Treat
Kids Line Up for Candy
Jess Entertains Trunk or Treaters
Kia of Bradley Fun
Riverside Healthcare Celebrates Nurse's Day
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Roy @ Best One Tire
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A Day with Dads
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Tim & Jake
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The 3 Amigos
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Uplifted Care's 40th
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40th Anniversary Fun
Bourbonnais Scarecrow Festival
FPS Fun
Illinois State Fair VIP's
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Catfish Days in Wilmington
It's Not Animal, It's Tomano
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Catfish Days Parade
Watseka 4th of July Parade
Roy, Bess Jess and Nieces ready for BFF Parade
Manteno Golf Outing
2022 Business of the Year
Manteno Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner
"LIVE" from Tholen's Spring Open House 4/2/22
Tholen's Spring Open House 4/2/22
Denny & Nancy with Jeff Berns of BBN
Roy @ Riverside Healthcare
Celebrating International Womens Day
Celebrating International Womens Day
Denny Case and Tim Milner
Denny Case and Vicky Ross
Wake N Jake Reunion at the Bradley Parade
Denny Case with Phil Angelo
Run, Tim, Run!
At the Jingle Bell Run with Denny Case and Tim Milner
Chris Nickles and Sales Rep Jakob
Sales Rep Jakob Knox with our 2021 Scarecrow Hollow Entry
Bess Jess with our 2021 Scarecrow Hollow Entry
Bess Jess, Mike Tomano, and Chris Nickles had a guest in the studio 9/10/21
Live On Air Interview during the WFAV Morning Show 9/10/21
Longtime Listener William Weiss
BFF Sponsor Dinner
Radio Flyer - Radio Republic
Radio Flyer - Radio Republic
3 Wonderful Years of Wake N Jake
Calling Winners at Oktoberfest
Vicky Ross is the Party Every Weekend
Visits from Meijer
Bess Jess at The Knights of Columbus
Jake at Eddies
Happy National Women's Equality Day
Friends in the Studio
Manteno Oktoberfest Remote Broadcast
Friends in the Studio
Live Interview Eric Peterson
JAWS at the Drive-In
Best Dressed Thrill of the Putt
The Dugan Family Fill The Bus Stop with Mike Ruble
Denny & Bess Jess
Decorated by Bess Jess
Dying to be Listened To
Dancing Denny!
Trunk or Treat!
Bess Jess ready for the "Meat N Greet"
Bess Jess and her New Friends!
Milner Media Out at the Manteno Oktoberfest
Lucky "Spin N Win" Winner
Lucky "Spin N Win" Winners
Interviews from Oktoberfest with Denny and Jake
Interviews from Oktoberfest with Denny and Jake
Denny's Mom stopped by!... (and took a pic with Bess Jess)
Hosts with the Most: Jake LaMore & Denny Case
Bess Jess Catching Up with Friends!
Jake LaMore Catching up with Friends!
Bess Jess, Jake LaMore, Denny Case, Erika McGrath
Erika and Denny Case
Bill Dyche LIVE from the Kankakee Farmers Market
Bill Dyche and Carl Maronich
Bill Dyche LIVE from the Kankakee Farmers Market
Bess Jess & Heather Wagner
Live Remote Broadcast with Jake LaMore & Bess Jess
Bess Jess & Tim Henson
Bess Jess & Randy Irvin
Annual Sock Hop Live Remote Broadcast 8/28/21
Spin N Win at the Sock Hop!
Hosts Scott Smith & Bess Jess
Scott with Dr. Jay Nadler -President of Will Co. Fair
WFAV Morning Show Crew with Dr. Jay Nadler
All Star Music Machine at the Will County Fair
Bess Jess with "The Gregs" from Dralle of Peotone
Bess Jess on Stage for the Annual Sock Hop Remote
Winner: Natalie Mesewicz and Family from Kankakee