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Bradley-Bourbonnais High School Opens 2026-27 Student Parking Registration

Bradley, IL – Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307 has opened student parking permit registration for the 2026-27 school year, with discounted early bird pricing available for a limited...

Lake County, IL Cold Case: Woman Charged in Newborn’s Grocery Store Death After 25 Years

Round Lake Beach, IL – Nearly 25 years after a newborn infant was found dead in a bag...

Hobart, IN Crash Today: Vehicle Slams Into Home on Joliet Street

Hobart, IN – Emergency crews are responding to a vehicle that crashed into a home in Hobart, prompting...

Joliet, IL Barn Fire Destroys Vacant Structure Saturday Afternoon

Joliet, IL – A large vacant barn was destroyed in a Saturday afternoon fire, but firefighters were able...

Lake County, IL Route 60 Motorcycle Crash Kills Mundelein Man

Mettawa, IL – A 43-year-old Mundelein man was killed Monday night after his motorcycle collided with an SUV...

Superintendent: In-person instruction ‘one day at a time’ in Bourbonnais Elementary District 53

With eight days of in-person instruction in the books at the close of this week, the new head of Bourbonnais Elementary School District No....

30 counties now at warning level for COVID-19 resurgence

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Thirty counties in Illinois are now at the warning level for a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, the Illinois...

Kankakee reports 174 COVID-19 cases this week, 38 among school-aged children

KANKAKEE – Kankakee County announced Friday 63 cases in a single 24-hour span.  That’s the most single-day cases reported in Kankakee since May 11th,...

11 Chamber of Commerce in Region 7 ask Governor for COVID-19 ‘opportunity’

KANKAKEE - Members of 11 area Chamber of Commerce from across Region 7, including Will and Kankakee County, have pinned a letter to Gov....

2nd COVID-19 case reported among Bourbonnais Elementary School District

BOURBONNAIS - For the second time since Monday, an individual within the Bourbonnais Elementary School District (BESD) has tested positive for COVID-19. School officials were...

Nuclear plants prepare to close across Illinois, Braidwood ‘at risk’

BYRON – Exelon Generation announced Thursday morning it will ‘retire’ the Byron Nuclear Plant in September 2021, closing the plant. It’s now one of...
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