Kankakee Times

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 Board met November 26.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 6, 2018

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 Board met Monday, Nov. 26.

Village of Clifton Planning Commission met December 5.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 6, 2018

Village of Clifton Planning Commission met Wednesday, Dec. 5.

City of Watseka Council met November 27.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 6, 2018

City of Watseka Council met Thursday, Nov. 27.

City of Watseka Council met November 27.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 6, 2018

City of Watseka Council met Tuesday, Nov. 27.

City of Watseka Council will meet December 6.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 6, 2018

City of Watseka Council will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6.

City of Momence Budget & Finance Committee met December 3.

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 6, 2018

City of Momence Budget & Finance Committee met Monday, Dec. 3.

From Prairie State Wire

Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.

Q2 real estate sales report: Aroma Park

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 6, 2018

Median prices declined in Aroma Park over last year, and are down 92.1 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

Municipal Trust and Savings Bank 1009||1009 Municipal Trust and Savings Bank acquires 2881 Waldron Road, Kankakee

By Metric Media News Service | Dec 6, 2018

The home at 2881 Waldron Road, Kankakee was sold on Dec. 6, 2018 by Municipal Trust and Savings Bank 1009||1009 Municipal Trust and Savings Bank for $122,000. The buyer was Bertrand Gerald F||Bertrand Nancy L.

Beaulieu Kimberly S acquires 28 Hanson Drive, Bourbonnais

By Metric Media News Service | Dec 6, 2018

On Dec. 6, 2018, Beaulieu Kimberly S purchased a home at 28 Hanson Drive, Bourbonnais from King Charles M for $110,000.

At Bradley-Bourbonnais C., 94 percent of students graduate high school; 73 percent go to college

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 6, 2018

About 90 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 94 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.

From Prairie State Wire

State facing huge debt for public-sector retiree health benefits, says Wirepoints

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Illinois's "other debt disaster" is $73 billion in unfunded state retiree health insurance benefits and more than twice that amount owed over the next four decades, according to a special report issued this week by an online news outlet.

Q2 real estate sales report: Herscher

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 5, 2018

Median prices rose in Herscher over last year, and are down 22.4 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

At Cissna Park Senior, 88 percent of students graduate high school; 87 percent go to college

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 5, 2018

About 81 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 88 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Taylor Ramon Thomas buys 1293 Hartley Ave., Bourbonnais

By Metric Media News Service | Dec 5, 2018

The home at 1293 Hartley Ave., Bourbonnais was sold on Dec. 5, 2018 by Regnier Steven P Jr||Regnier Melissa A for $244,900. The buyer was Taylor Ramon Thomas.

From Prairie State Wire

UIUC ranks among schools with lowest drop in acceptance rates

By Prairie State Wire reports | 6 years ago

One Illinois university made a list of 20 schools that defied recent trends and posted the smallest decreases in student acceptance rates over the past 12 years, according to a new study by BusinessStudent.com.

McKain Matthew L||Wang Yichao unloads 210 S. Griffin St., Grant Park

By Metric Media News Service | Dec 4, 2018

On Dec. 4, 2018, Huisman Eric J||Contreras Rebecca M purchased a home at 210 S. Griffin St., Grant Park from McKain Matthew L||Wang Yichao for $117,000.

At Donovan Senior, 89 percent of students graduate high school; 67 percent go to college

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 4, 2018

About 100 percent of ninth graders in 2018 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 89 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Q2 real estate sales report: St. Anne

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 4, 2018

Median prices rose in St. Anne over last year, and are down 1.6 percent over 10 years, adjusted for inflation, according to second quarter sales data collected by BlockShopper.com

School discipline: Which Illinois districts reported the most students transferred for disciplinary reasons?

By Local Labs News Service | Dec 4, 2018

Kankakee School District 111, Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10 and Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School District 307 were among those in Illinois that reported the highest rate of students transferred for disciplinary reasons during the 2016-17 school year, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.