The field of people vying to be on the Manteno Village Board continues to grow. During the public comment portion of last night's Manteno Village Board meeting, Karen Brzezicki announced her intention to run The upcoming Municipal elections will be held April 6th.

As we get closer and closer to Halloween, there are more and more Halloween-type activities around the area. During Monday night's Manteno Village Board meeting, Village Director of Marketing and President and CEO of the Manteno Chamber of Commerce, Ashley Peterson told the Board about an upcoming event Peterson says y...

The Kankakee County Branch of the NAACP will hold their 81st Annual Freedom Fund Gala this Saturday. Branch President Theodis Pace talked about the event on a recent episode of the Kankakee Valley Community Happenings podcast with Mike Tomano. Pace says this year's gala theme is "We The People" and Karen Boyk...

Kankakee City Police have made an arrest following another incident where shots were fired in the City. This one happened right around 7:15 last night in the 500 block of North Indiana Avenue. When they got there, officers say they spoke to a witness who told them he'd heard what sounded like fireworks. Another office...