Kankakee, Illinois | Daily Journal | Local News (2024)

A video posted on Facebook July 8 showed potbelly pig Bobo squealing and moving around in the area where the animals roam near a barn. He hasgotten a piece of steel wire stuck between two teeth. Bobo attempted to remove the wire. Staff calle…

Dennis Wyllie,a 41-year-old St. Anne journeyman lineman with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 9, often assists in river searches through use of his sonar technology.

Three people were arrested Thursday by the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force following a lengthy investigation conducted by the Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department.

A substantial assist for the Perry Farm Park study could soon be coming from Bradley taxpayers. The Bradley Village Board appears to be considering the idea of funding half of the $90,000 study, which would develop a master plan for the park.

Residents of Chicago’s southwest suburbs, alongside local and state elected officials, shared their anger over a proposed water rate increase this week, describing it as “outrageous” and “ridiculous.” A separate proceeding is scheduled for Au…

On June 9, 1966, the 412 members of Kankakee High School’s graduating class filed across the stage of the East Junior High School Gymnasium to receive their diplomas. As the final graduate left the platform, a century of KHS history came to an end.

At approximately 11:50 p.m. Friday, officers responded to the 700 block of North Hobbie Avenue area, near Pioneer Park, where multiple gunshots had been fired, sending six people to local hospitals.

Upon completion of Thursday's announced sale of Ascension Illinois hospitals, including Ascension Saint Mary's in Kankakee, to Prime Healthcare, all the facilities will no longer be Catholic, nor non-profit, hospitals.

Wednesday when family, friends and community members arrived at Kankakee First Church of the Nazarene to pay their respects to 6-year-old Jamir Frazier, who drowned in the Kankakee River July 16.

Merchant Street MusicFest is swinging into Kankakee this weekend and kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday with a forecasted high of 82 degrees. The next day, with a forecast increase of 2 degrees, runs from 2-11 p.m.

A Kankakee man currently serving 32 years in prison was in court Tuesday for a hearing to get a new trial. Donta Jackson was found guilty in September 2007 of attempted first-degree murder for shooting and injuring Leonard Green in 2006.

KANKAKEE — Kankakee County is more than halfway home in its collection of property taxes for this year with $129 million in the coffers that will be disbursed this week to 202 taxing bodies.