WICKED WEATHER: 560,000+ residents without electricity Monday night
KANKAKEE – Storm fronts moving through the area left their mark Monday, with more than 560,000 area residents remained without power late Monday night.
Over...
Professor warns that university towns in Illinois vulnerable for COVID-19 spread
By Kevin Bessler | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A University of Illinois professor is warning of a possible “public health tsunami” as students...
Superintendent Warns: Keeping Bourbonnais Schools COVID-19 free ‘unrealistic’
Bourbonnais Elementary School District #53 (BESD) new Superintendent is wasting no time being frank with parents in the community towards the pandemic.
“I wish I...
Nursing home industry wants immunity for COVID-19-related litigation
By Kyla Ashbury | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – COVID-19 has claimed the lives of many residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities,...
IHDA Accepting Applicants for Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program
KANKAKEE – The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has created the Emergency Housing Assistance (ERA) Program to assist renters who have been impacted by...
Former Sears, JCPenney locations could become Amazon Fulfillment Centers
Amazon could be headed to a mall near you.
Simon Malls, the largest mall owner in the United States, is in talks with Amazon to...
