Kankakee, IL – The City of Kankakee is pleased to announce that it has been awarded $1.8 million dollars for the Fast-Track Capital Grant. Governor Pritzker announced today that Kankakee joins the list of more than a dozen cities across the state where $24.8 million in funding

Kankakee, IL – Mayor Wells-Armstrong’s Third Annual Phenomenal Woman Awards is set to broadcast live on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. The event was rescheduled from its original date on August 11, 2020 due to severe storms and power outages.

Kankakee, IL – On 8-11-2020 on the 400 block of West Bourbonnais Street in Kankakee, Albert Zaragoza, 66 years of age, was found strangled in his apartment and his vehicle, a silver Ford F150, was found to be missing. 

On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, around 3:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a deceased male subject found in an apartment on the 400 block of West Bourbonnais Street in Kankakee. Apartment management located 66-year-old Albert Zaragoza in his room. The family has been notified. The preliminary investigation indicated that the victim suffered f