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Veterans Treatment Court to Honor Local Veterans
Medal of Honor recipient Allen Lynch to deliver keynote address. In honor of Veterans Day, the Veterans Treatment Court will hold it’s 10-year Reunion Celebration on November 9, at 2:30 p.m., in Room 300, at the Kankakee County Courthouse. Medal of Honor recipient Allen Lynch will deliver the keynote address. Treatment courts provide justice-involved veterans…
Business Groups Denounce Chicago Paid Leave Proposal
Measure cements Chicago’s status as a hostile place to do business. Businesses understand that access to paid time off is crucial for workers and their families, which is why we reached an agreement earlier this year to provide five days of paid time off, for any reason, to every worker across the state beginning January…
Kids Who Stutter: Parents Speak DVD at Public Libraries
Help for parents of children who stutter is as close as your library. Thanks to some generous donations, the Stuttering Foundation has donated a DVD, entitled Kids Who Stutter: Parents Speak, to public libraries across the country. In this 16-minute DVD, parents and speech-language experts talk about how to promote easier talking as they interact…
‘Heart-to-Heart’ at Franciscan Health
Free event focuses on heart disease risk and prevention. The Franciscan Health Heart and Vascular Institute at Olympia Fields is hosting a free Heart-to-Heart event on Wednesday, November 15, aimed at preventing, recognizing, and treating heart disease. The event will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at Odyssey Country Club, 19110 S. Ridgeland Avenue,…
Joliet Selects New City Manager
Beth Beatty to be first female city manager in Joliet history. Joliet Mayor Terry D’Arcy announced Beth Beatty has been selected as the new City Manager of Joliet, making her the first woman to serve in this role in the city’s history. The City Council made this decision during a special council meeting held recently.…
Forest Preserve District’s 2024 Dog Park Permits on Sale
Get an early holiday treat for your pup by buying a 2024 Forest Preserve District of Will County dog park permit. Dog park permits went on sale Wednesday, November 1, and are good for the remainder of 2023 and all of 2024. The permits may be used at all six Forest Preserve off-leash dog parks,…
Lorraine D. Nadler
Lorraine D. Nadler, 96, of Peotone, passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at Riverside Miller Healthcare in Kankakee. Born on December 22, 1926, in Matteson, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Lydia (Dahlman) Stuenkel. She married Emery W. Nadler on June 3, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Richton Park. He passed away…
Haas Promotes Early Detection for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, House Assistant Minority Leader Jackie Haas is promoting early detection of breast cancer and screenings for women and men. According to the Illinois Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan for 2022 to 2027, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and is the second leading cause of cancer…
Quite a Night for Manteno as Public Works Department Burglarized
On Monday, October 16, just after midnight, a Village of Manteno Department of Public Works vehicle was stolen from the DPW facility at 10555 N. Maple Street, Manteno. The vehicle stolen was involved in a vehicle pursuit in the Village of Wilmington, where the pursuit was terminated. Manteno Police were contacted by Wilmington Police as…
Kultivator Garden Club Enjoys Charcuterie Presentation
The Kankakee Kultivators Club met Thursday, October 12, at the Kankakee Public Library. Guest speaker Jade Crawford, of Charcuterie by Jade, presented the program on how to assemble charcuterie boards. Crawford, who lives in Milford, began her business as a hobby during the pandemic shutdown, designing boards for family and friends. Co-workers encouraged her to…
Nicor Gas Applauds Midwest Alliance’s Clean Hydrogen’s Selection as Regional Hub
Recently, the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2) announced it had been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) to develop a regional clean hydrogen production and distribution hub (H2Hub), funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. H2Hubs will accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of clean hydrogen –…
Happy Birthday/Happy Anniversary!!
Very special happy birthday wishes to: October 30: Betty Latoza!! October 31: David Piper and Tara Robinson!! November 2: Cherie Newton!! November 3: Amie Pietrzak, Laurie Morse, and Kathy Clover!! November 4: Donna Sorenson!! Extra special happy anniversary wishes to: November 1: Brian and Brittany Pena!!
Blue Devil Football Players Honored on Senior Night
Ian Edward Kreske is the son of Angie and Josh Kreske and a four-year member of the football team. Ian’s favorite memory from football is the first week of “two-a-days” during the summer, because they were able to spend time as a team, come together, and motivate each other. After high school, Ian plans on…
Monee Police Blotter: October 9 – 14
October 9, at approximately 5:45 p.m., a traffic stop on Monee-Manhattan Road resulted in the arrest of Kenneth A. Zavoral, 45, of Midlothian. Zavoral was stopped for driving with expired/invalid registration, with further investigation revealing other arrestable violations. K9 “Cap” was walked around the vehicle for an open-air sniff for narcotics that possibly were located…
Leave Wheelchair Behind: Accessible Lake Chaminwood Kayak/Canoe Launch Installed
The new accessible kayak/canoe launch at the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Lake Chaminwood Preserve is a hit with Bill Bogdan, an adaptive recreationalist from Mokena. The launch opened in mid-September at the preserve, which is on Shepley Road, west of I-55, near Channahon. As soon as he heard a new launch, by a…
Letter to Ed.: Freeman
Dear Editor: Recently, Will County Board Members Mica Freeman released a statement on the hate crime that resulted in the death of a six-year-old boy and the hospitalization of his mother… My district (Plainfield Township) experienced a devastating tragedy this weekend. A six-year-old was killed, and his mother was left severely injured at the hands…
Updated Proposal to Improve Tax Credit Scholarship Program Released
Hundreds of students and families demand legislative action. Hundreds of families, school leaders, and community advocates gathered recently in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood to demand action from Illinois lawmakers to save their scholarships by renewing the Invest in Kids Act Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Lawmakers will have an opportunity to vote on the program’s extension…
