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Bourbonnais Friendship Festival Celebrates 51 Road closures and event details announced Bourbonnais, IL – The Village of Bourbonnais is proud to welcome back the Bourbonnais Friendship Festival celebrating its 51st year Wednesday, June 24 through Sunday, June 28, at The Grove at Goselin Park – 700 Main St. NW. This year’s theme “We the People…

June Ambassador Spotlight: Dondi Maricle

June Women in Networking Spotlight: Angelina Gear

May Women in Networking Spotlight: Tiffany Heneghan

May Ambassador Spotlight: Sara Jamieson

57th annual KCC commencement ceremony to be held May 16 More than 250 students will receive degrees and certificates at the 57th annual Kankakee Community College commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16 in the George H. Ryan Gymnasium in the college’s Activities Building. The speaker at KCC’s ceremony will be Ellen Bollino, vice president…

BOURBONNAIS PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTING COMMUNITY SCAVENGER HUNT This spring, we wanted to celebrate community connection and some of the places that make Bourbonnais so great. And we have a secret message just for you! We’ve hidden words at a selection of community spots. Visit them all to find each word, unscramble the message, and earn…

Rosecrance’s top doctor earns national honor from NAMI KANKAKEE — Dr. Raymond Garcia, Chief Medical Officer at Rosecrance Behavioral Health, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.   The national honor recognizes psychiatrists who go above and beyond in advancing mental health care through advocacy, education,…