JULY The Bourbonnais Public Library invites you to join its "BOOKbonnais" Community Reading Challenge, a free program running from the first of June until the last day of July. It will offer challenges for readers of all ages with a chance to win prizes. Kids will record their reading on a paper log which can...

The Illinois State Police and local law enforcement recently conducted what they call a joint enforcement detail, checking on parole and sex registry compliance of convicted violent offenders against youth. The ISP says compliance checks were fun on July 22nd and found 11 convicts who had failed to register, nine who w...

The Kankakee County Fair continues today at the fairgrounds just south of the I-57 308 exit in Kankakee. Jen Bauer, Officer Manager for the fair has a rundown of today's events. See the full schedule of events at Kankakee Fair dot org.

A crash in Momence Wednesday afternoon sent one person to the hospital. According to Illinois State Police, the accident happened around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon on 95-Hundred East at Route 17 in Momence. The collision involved an SUV and a truck tractor semi-trailer. The driver of the SUV was transported to a local ho...