The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is still accepting applicants for its National Rifle Association (NRA) Basic Rifle Course scheduled for Sept. 30 at the ISRA Range near Kankakee.
In a year when 95 percent of Bradley-Bourbonnais C. High School seniors graduated on time, 38 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
Illinois Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) believes state lawmakers need to reject political pork spending that was hidden in the budget passed earlier this year.
Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 decreased per-student spending 3.4 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of public schools data.