Mary Hoffman, 70, of Kankakee died July 29, 2019. Visitation is from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Friday, August 2, 2019, at Schreffler Funeral Home, Kankakee Chapel. The funeral service is at 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 3, 2019.

Officials were on hand Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony of a new traffic light on Route 50, designed to aid congestion at the intersection...

Residents of Bourbonnais will see an increase on their monthly sewage and garage bills starting next month. The increase, a result of increased sewer operating costs, will see a single-family home increase of around $6.50 per month. The last time the village raised sewage rates was July 2017.

Field concerns are the cause for the move of Slammers Fest, that was announced this past Spring, from Dupage Medical Group Field in Joliet to 350 Soundstage in Tinley Park.

Joyce M. Volkmann, age 60, of Kankakee, died Friday, July 26, 2019. A memorial visitation is from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM, Saturday, August 3, 2019, at Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home in Kankakee.

If you’re like us, you probably spent a good majority of your July stuck inside, playing shelter to the elements while blasting the AC on full and lighting pumpkin candles to artificially recreate a pre-fall atmosphere in a full-on state of Summer shut-in syndrome…that is normal right?