The City of Kankakee, in collaboration with the Kankakee County Hispanic Partnership, is excited to announce its annual celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. This vibrant event will take place on September 14, beginning at the City of Kankakee Farmers Market and continuing at the Kankakee Train Depot. The festivities will kick-off at the Farmers Market […]
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Beecher’s All American Day Was All Okay
By Jeff Vorva The new U-Haul business is not making a good first impression with some members of the Village of Beecher Board. At the August 12 meeting, the board discussed granting a special-use permit for a U-Haul rental business at 759 W. Indiana and agreed to authorize the permit to be drawn up. The […]
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Come Meet Pastor Roy Worley
By Andrea Arens The sign out in front of First Baptist of Manteno literally reads, “Come Meet Pastor Roy,” and that’s exactly what Pastor Roy Worley would like. Pastor Roy Worley has been told he had a voice for radio, literally. In fact, that was his first career intention, till he felt a Divine calling […]
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Panthers Capture Win over Indians
By Andrea Arens The Manteno Panthers won their season opener against the Sandwich Indians on August 30 by a score of 52-32. Manteno took the lead with two touchdowns in the first, but the Indians answered with two touchdowns in the second. Manteno answered with two more but the Indians rallied for one more score […]
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Crete PD Looking at New Tools to Assist
By Karen Haave Crete Police Chief Scott Pieritz is looking into a non-invasive remote device made to subdue resistant individuals in emotionally-charged situations. Not exactly a household word yet, it’s called the BolaWrap Remote Restraint device. Pieritz told the Crete Board of Trustees the device piqued his interest after a presentation recently. “We had a […]
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Disagreement on Proposed Bradley Developer Fees May Not Be Over
By Stephen Nelson After two failed attempts by the Bradley Village Board to agree on an ordinance that would establish developer fees for future construction, the matter was not on the agenda of the panel’s Monday, August 26, meeting. Economic Development Committee Chairman Gene Jordan said his committee met for a second time on Monday, […]
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Vedette Sports Report
By Jeff Vorva Talk about a great first impression. Freshman cross country runner Klarke Goranson participated in her first varsity competition and broke the Manteno school record, as she ran a time of 19 minutes, 5.7 seconds, in the three-mile race at the Morris Early Bird Invite, on August 28, at Morris High School. Sundara […]
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Peotone PD to Get New Car
By Andrea Arens A budgeted new vehicle for the Peotone Police Department officially was approved at the August 26 Peotone Village Board meeting. Trustee Julie Sluis was absent. The local purchase from Terry’s Ford is for a new police Interceptor SUV, along with police feature build-outs for a total of $63,695.42. Chief David DeMik sought […]
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Manhattan’s Comprehensive Plan Moves Forward
By Stephanie Irvine The Village of Manhattan is continuing to work on establishing an updated comprehensive plan as Nik Davis from the Houseal Lavigne design firm presented the existing conditions at the August 27 board meeting. The comprehensive plan is intended to serve as a planning blueprint for the next 20 years. Houseal […]
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Vedette Sports Report
By Jeff Vorva Talk about a great first impression. Freshman cross country runner Klarke Goranson participated in her first varsity competition and broke the Manteno school record as she ran a time of 19 minutes, 5.7 seconds in the three-mile race at the Morris Early Bird Invite on Aug. 28 at Morris High School. […]