Coal City was named for the historic coal mines in the vicinity of the Grundy County community. The village logo shows a crossed pick and shovel, along with the outline of the state of Illinois. But ...

Grab your friends, dress in pink and enjoy a free screening of “Barbie” to celebrate Women’s History Month. At 6 p.m., Harbor House, Clove Alliance and the Kankakee Area LGBTQ Network will host the ...

Q: I own a 2011 Tacoma with 76,000 miles on the odometer. I had all of the maintenance done “by-the-book” at 50,000 miles. Hoses and belts seem to last much longer than they used to when I began ...

I recently came across a saying that I thought really would hit home with so many of my readers: “If we keep adding without subtraction, we wind up drowning in things that no longer serve a purpose.” ...

We are running out of time and money for Ukraine. This past week, the White House Office of Management and Budget made it clear that without the approval of additional funding, we will no longer be ...

BOURBONNAIS — Olivet Nazarene University’s Cybersecurity program achieved a major milestone recently by earning the prestigious National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Defense ...

A 41-year-old man was shot multiple times at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of North Wildwood in Kankakee. Officers responded to the location in reference to shots fired.

Molly Marquardt, of Manhattan, a student in the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire's College of Education and Human Sciences, has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester.

A program that gives RVers, often urban-oriented, a chance to experience farms and rural businesses is just the ticket for Lynn Crafts and Dan Dougherty. They pay a membership fee of about $85 ...

As temperatures rise, so should the care of your yard’s lawn and landscape. However, it’s important to ensure your yard is healthy before a heat wave hits. “The healthier your grass, trees and shrubs, ...

Television continues to change, but constants endure. A hit show always will change the trajectory of programming and spawn imitators good and bad, sometimes for years on end. The arrival of “Batman” ...

While gun violence declined last year, a closer look at the data reveals a striking and surprising trend. While the total number of shootings is going down, the lethality of shootings — the odds of ...