Kankakee, IL – Shopping in downtown Kankakee is beginning to expand just in time for the upcoming holiday season. Anna Kolokythas, a sales representative for One Stop Shop Blinds, is now the proud owner of a new home décor and gifts store, The Swanky Home.

The Kankakee Riverfront Society, the not-for-profit organization spearheading The Currents of Kankakee and the transformation of the downtown Kankakee riverfront, invites residents and riverfront advocates to review preliminary concepts for the inaugural East Riverwalk during a virtual public open house on Tuesday, November 17, at 7pm.

Kankakee, IL – The City of Kankakee is hosting a veterans drive to collect items for local veterans in Kankakee County in support of Project Headspace and Timing and the Manteno Veterans Home. Items are being collected through the end of this week.

Kankakee, IL – Nearly 100 million Americans casted their vote early this year ahead of Election Day today, amounting to 72% of the total votes casted in 2016.