Kankakee News

I have been with the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program for about 4 months. It's a wonderful way for women with babies and younger children to get the healthy foods we need. I also get the opportunity to attend...

Area firefighters were called to the Johnson Greenhouse in Manteno at 5:45 p.m...A fire investigation team was also called to the scene, according to radio dispatches...Owners Robert and Christine Welsh are the fourth generation to run the family-owned greenhouse that...

Sometimes even judges can become frustrated, and that's just what happened Monday when a Kankakee County judge learned of yet another delay in a year-old water pollution case against a regional sewage treatment plant. The attorney general's office filed a...

The Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department is strongly recommending the H1N1 vaccination for everyone age 6 months to 25 years, said Dee Ann Schippert, coordinator of community and school health. "We are seeing the highest incidence of disease in the 5-18...

The Kankakee County Health Department has scheduled additional H1N1 influenza clinics. The department will be distributing this vaccine according to the following schedule: * 8 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Kankakee County Health Department, 2390 West Station St.; * 4 p.m. to 8...

In an effort to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu to children -- who are most susceptible to the virus -- Riverside Medical Center and Provena St. Mary's Hospital will restrict those 12 and under from visiting hospitalized patients,...

The Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department is encouraging parents to immunize their children as soon as possible to help prevent H1N1 illnesses over the upcoming holiday season. Dee Ann Schippert, the department's community and school health coordinator, said it can take...

The Kankakee County Health Department has scheduled three walk-in H1N1 flu vaccination clinics to be held over the next several days. These clinics are only for people who fall into the high-risk groups...They will be held from 8 a.m. until...

The flu has hit home at Grace Baptist Academy in Kankakee and the school will be closed through the end of the week. According to principal Steve Bull's announcement to parents, 40 of the school's 162 students were absent Tuesday....