“The time change serves as a great reminder to test your smoke alarms and change the batteries in them,” says State Fire Marshal Matt Perez. “Parents can use this time to teach kids how to recognize the sound of smoke alarms and to practice their home fire safety plan.”

Kankakee, IL – The City of Kankakee is one out of more than a dozen communities who will gain access to researched strategies and...

Several towns have moved their Trick or Treat hours to Friday including Buckingham, Braidwood, Chebanse, Clifton, Dwight, Grant Park, and Herscher. Beecher’s Trick or Treat Hours have been moved to Saturday.

“The Little Free Library is an extension of the Bourbonnais Public Library’s mission: Connecting our community with the resources to grow, learn, and discover. It is a way for our community to interact with books, and it promotes literacy throughout The Village of Bourbonnais and surrounding areas.”

You sign up, connect with friends, or create a crew, and launch your broadcast, which you will be able to swap out alternative angles from a variety of friends and devices around you via Bluetooth, WiFi, and LTE devices. Which means you can connect a variety of devices, like an iPhone and GoPro, to swap out live views in real-time at local events, like an actual TV Broadcast.

Music from the Native American culture will be performed by Bill Miller, award-winning flute player on Monday, Nov. 18 from noon - 1 p.m. in the College Center at Kankakee Community College.