Families from across the region came out to Bird Park Band Shell on Saturday for the first annual Pork and Blues Rib Festival. The event, featuring live music and a ribs contest, raised money for repairs on the Bird Park Band Shell and Pavilion, which is in need of a repairs from storm damage and a lack of maintenance over the years.

C&L Fine Goods Boutique celebrates one-year anniversary, holds official ribbon cutting

ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration has added more counties to the disaster declaration in Indiana for businesses and residents affected by the severe storms and flooding from Feb. 14 through March 4, 2018.

Kankakee Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong delivered her first State of the City Address yesterday evening to a packed crowd at the Kankakee Public Library.

Kankakee Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong will deliver an inaugural State of the City Address this Thursday in downtown Kankakee.

A nationwide organization of mayors dedicated to ending violence among African-American men and boys has selected the City of Kankakee to receive resources, training and assistance in implementing a public safety plan.

The city of Kankakee is pleased to announce that Pete Schiel was recently promoted to Interim Superintendent of the Environmental Services Utility (ESU). In this new role, Schiel will report directly to Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong.

KANKAKEE –  Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong was unanimously voted to the Vice-Chair of the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA)

On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong honored four local students selected as the recipients of the inaugural African American Civic Leaders