There will be a fall golf outing for the Kankakee Community College Athletics program on Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Kankakee Elks Country Club, 2283 Bittersweet Drive in St. Anne. The event begins with lunch at 11 a.m. and a shotgun start at noon. It includes lunch; 18 holes of golf; cart; on-course beverages; and…

Olivet Nazarene University is proud to partner with the Village of Bourbonnais in presenting “Pops in the Park,” a free concert featuring the 70+ piece University Orchestra and Concert Singers, under the direction of Dr. Neal Woodruff. The free, family-friendly event is Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at The Grove- Bourbonnais’ new park and event venue…

In 1990, one in five young people in the U.S. were unemployed. Now, that number has climbed to one in three. This alarming statistic is part of a worldwide phenomenon referred to as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). Where is Gen Z? There is no one reason for the rise in NEET and unemployed…

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…