River Valley Metro Mass Transit District Board of Trustees met May 24 to review the 2015 fiscal audit.

The village of Bradley Board of Fire and Police Commissioners met Sept. 6 to discuss hiring a new officer.

River Valley Metro Mass Transit District Board of Trustees met Sept. 7 to take questions from news media.

The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice met May 20 to present ethics training material.

The Bradley Public Library District Board of Trustees met Oct. 19 to review the personnel policy.

Over the weekend, the Chicago Tribune's editorial board urged readers, particularly those voters in state districts where Democratic state legislators face strong Republican challengers, to break off their long relationship with House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

Contrary to speculation, Susana Mendoza, Democratic candidate for state comptroller, hasn’t sued Best Buy over bill payments.

The Olivet Nazarene women's and men's swimming and diving teams were ranked No. 1 in their respective recent NAIA Top 25 Polls, according to onutigers.com from a report by the national NAIA office.

“He’s been called the ‘King of Illinois’ and is considered more powerful than the governor,” begins the documentary about longtime Speaker of the House Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), now available for viewing online.

From politics to pine cones, posies to painting, Kankakee Community College’s Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) is serving up a varied menu of activities for this month and in December.

While online campaigning and phone polling are changing the way elections happen, Democrats in Springfield may find themselves in an unfamiliar position if they should win a super-majority next week, a Chicago-area political reporter said during a radio interview.

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) record was assessed recently by the Chicago Tribune as largely ineffective.

On Tuesday, voters in Illinois will vote on a constitutional amendment aimed at locking away transportation funds and preventing those funds from being spent for other purposes -- a measure that has opponents.

After a somewhat contentious campaign in the 79th House District, Republican Lindsay Parkhurst used skill and perseverance to defeat incumbent state Rep. Kate Cloonen (D-Kankakee) by 8 percent.

The village of Manteno Board of Police Commissioners met Aug. 10 to approve promotions list.

The village of Grant Park Board of Trustees met Aug. 15 to hire new part-time police officers.

The Kankakee City Council met Aug. 1 to award a construction contract.

The village of Manteno Committee of the Whole met Aug. 1 to accept landscape proposals.

The village of Manteno Public Works Committee met Aug. 23 to approve intersection designs.

Olivet Nazarene football players Drew Philson and Andrew Manganiello have been named to the 2106 College Sports Information Directors of America All-District Football Team for College Division District 2, according to onutigers.com.