Date: Aug. 27, 2024 Victoria Pardy, a 2024 graduate of the licensed practical nursing program at Kankakee Community College, has been awarded the DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nursing Students. The annual award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to express gratitude to nurses with programs that recognize them for the extraordinary, compassionate and skillful…

KANKAKEE, IL (August 27, 2024) – The City of Kankakee’s Economic and Community Development Agency (ECDA) will host a Community Conversation on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM at the Kankakee Public Library (201 E Merchant Street). This is the seventh Community Conversation in the 2024 series for the residents of Kankakee. Kankakeeans are…

International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) – held on August 31 every year – is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died and acknowledge the grief of family and friends left behind. Here at Cornerstone, together with the International Overdose Awareness Day Campaign, we will honor those impacted…

Clove Alliance is offering a “healing partnership,” an adult support group for survivors’ loved ones. Partners, parents, family, and loved ones of survivors of sexual violence are invited to join this free support group. Make connections, feel less lonely and isolated, and improve your skills to cope with challenges related to your loved one’s sexual…

Good afternoon!   As we are well beyond the halfway point of 2024, it’s abundantly clear that this year is shaping up to be busy, productive and exciting for Kankakee County!   We’re pleased to share our FY 2023/2024 Annual Report (July 2023 – June 2024), attached, which highlights our key marketing initiatives, campaign metrics,…