May, 2017 Stories | Dupage Policy Journal

Kankakee County Executive Committee met March 28.

By Lhalie Castillo | May 18, 2017

Kankakee County Executive Committee met Tuesday, March 28.

Kankakee County Highways and Buildings Committee met May 17.

By Lhalie Castillo | May 18, 2017

Kankakee County Highways and Buildings Committee met at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 17.

Kankakee County Board met April 11.

By Lhalie Castillo | May 18, 2017

Kankakee County Board met Tuesday, April 11.

Bourbonnais Township Park District Board of Commissioners met January 23.

By Lhalie Castillo | May 18, 2017

Bourbonnais Township Park District Board of Commissioners met Monday, Jan. 23.

Bourbonnais Township Park District Board of Commissioners met February 27.

By Lhalie Castillo | May 18, 2017

Bourbonnais Township Park District Board of Commissioners met Monday, Feb. 27.

Bourbonnais Township Park District Board of Commissioners met March 27.

By Lhalie Castillo | May 18, 2017

Bourbonnais Township Park District Board of Commissioners met Monday, March 27.

If budget hopes are scrapped, Illinois could become first 'junk' state

By Glenn Minnis | May 15, 2017

The chances that Illinois will reach a budget before May 31 and avoid seeing its bond rating lowered to the worst of any state in history are 50-50 at best, according to Mark Glennon, founder of the business and government website WirePoints told the Sangamon Sun recently.

New Momence mayor harkens back while looking ahead

By Caitlin Nordahl | May 15, 2017

One of the first things Chuck Steele did after he was sworn in as the mayor of Momence recently was to work toward getting the word out: Momence offers a charming, historic community.

Kankakee invites applicants for deputy, corrections officer

By Caitlin Nordahl | May 15, 2017

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a couple of good men ... or women.

Parkhurst opposes Great Lakes Basin Transportation rail line plan

By Matt Smith | May 15, 2017

Great Lakes Basin Transportation (GLBT) has proposed a plant that would require the use of eminent domain to acquire property for a 260-mile railway, tollway and airport, which Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst (R-Kankakee) opposes on the grounds that those facilities will be privately owned.

Idaho track, hoops star coming to Olivet Nazarene

By Brent Zell | May 15, 2017

Tanner Langley of Eagle, Idaho, has signed with the Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) men's basketball and track programs, according to ONU's website.

Bennett laments legislative gridlock, delay on bill to protect corrections staff

By Ruth de Jauregui | May 14, 2017

Rep. Thomas Bennett (R-Watseka) expressed his frustration with the legislative gridlock in Springfield on his website recently, pointing specifically to the lack of action on a bill to protect correction workers.

Olivet Nazarene golfer keeps powering up

By Brent Zell | May 14, 2017

Matt Winkelmann's fascination with golf began not on a green but a screen.

House moves to honor three killed in 'terribly wrong' 1979 incident

By Hoang Tran | May 14, 2017

Two police officers and a civilian who were killed in a highway shootout nearly four decades ago would have the overpass where the incident took place renamed in their honor under a House Joint Resolution introduced on Tuesday.

Most batters do a U-turn when Kankakee's Peters is on the mound

By Brent Zell | May 12, 2017

Devin Peters is an easy guy to find: Just look among the lists of pitching leaders in Division II of the National Junior College Athletic Association.