September is National Preparedness Month in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – National Preparedness Month is recognized each September as a
way to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. The
Illinois Emergency Management Agency...
Power of Jaycees: Delorean Ride Raffle coming to Kankakee Farmers Market
The Kankakee Jaycees will be on hand at the Kankakee Farmers Market from 8 am to noon on September 28th and again on October 5th and 12th raffling off two chances to grab a ride in the time machine!
DOWNTOWN ROAD AND LANE CLOSURES BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
JOLIET-North Benton Street, between Scott and Ottawa streets, will be closed beginning on Monday, September 9, 2019. The road closure on north Benton Street is expected to last approximately two days.
Gov. Pritzker Announces Eight Appointments to State Boards
Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointment in his administration.
PETA releases statement on Kankakee Animal Control vote
“A community without a shelter is like a bicycle with only one wheel, and it would be turning its back on people's needs with respect to animal issues. PETA has seen firsthand how desperate people with nowhere to turn—or who have been turned away from private shelters—have cruelly killed unwanted animals or abandoned them to starve, be hit by cars, or die of disease. Every community needs an open-admission animal shelter—one that accepts all animals in need without fees or waiting lists and never turns them away for being too sick, injured, old, or aggressive to adopt out easily.”
