Illinois dedicates $4.1 Million Dollars to fight Opioid Crisis
This year, Illinois saw the first decrease in five years in opioid overdose deaths. Despite this decrease, opioid overdose deaths among white residents in Illinois decreased 7% in 2018 while deaths among African Americans increased 9.1% and deaths among Latinos increased by 4.3%.
New Kankakee Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Requirements for 2023
The changes are required for one and two family dwellings and will be enforced in all smoke and carbon monoxide inspections. They include alarms in all sleeping rooms, outside of each separate sleeping area, and near fuel-burning appliances or fire places.
Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant Program awards over $20,000 to schools
Among the projects funded included butterfly gardens, pollinator gardens and various outdoor classrooms across the state. No grants were awarded to schools in Iroquois, Will or Kankakee County.
Man rescued from grain elevator in Minooka
A man trapped inside a grain elevator in Minooka was rescued on Thursday after being trapped up to his waist in grain for about four hours.
Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill Allowing Students to Vote During School Day
Chicago – Standing with educators and students who pushed for a
student-voting proposal, Governor JB Pritzker today signed legislation which
will allow students to be excused...
Boness Appointed New Kankakee Deputy Fire Chief
Kankakee, IL – Captain Eric Boness has been appointed as the Kankakee Fire Department’s Deputy Fire Chief effective February 1, 2020. Boness has served in the department for 29 years as Shift Commander, Company Officer, Training Officer, and EMS Coordinator. In 1999, Boness was promoted to Lieutenant and to captain in 2005.
