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The event will be held on the historic church grounds at 296 N. Washington Ave., Kankakee. This will be a full-scale festival, with music, dancing, all manner of festivities, and, of course, wonderful Greek food. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. w…

Tuesday Book Review of Kankakee County returns Tuesday to the Quality Inn & Suites and brings together reading enthusiasts, authors and experts. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. To register for the event and subsequent meetings, email tuesdaybook…

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Spectators filled the grandstands for demolition derbies, tractor and truck pulls, a monster truck show and a rodeo as livestock shows filled the barns most mornings during the 121st Will County Fair.

Returning Wednesday is the Will County Fair, which is celebrating 121 years. Organized by the Will County Fair Association, the event runs through Aug. 25 at 517 W. Wilmington-Peotone Road, Peotone.

A 49-year-old Peotone man died in a head-on crash involving a minivan and semitractor-trailer on Wilmington-Peotone Road just east of Division Street in Peotone on June 8.

A Chicago man was arrested after leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase through Kankakee and Will counties Friday afternoon. BBCHS Superintendent Matt Vosberg confirmed the school went into a soft lockdown as a result…

Three of the four Democratic candidates for 79th District Representative seat were on hand at the Kankakee Public Library on Tuesday where the debate, hosted by the Kankakee County Branch of the NAACP, was attended by more than 60 residents.