Stephanie Markham

For the Palans, education is not just a career choice; it's more like the family business.

BRADLEY — With 180 suspensions given last school year, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School used the disciplinary measure more often than at least 80% of Illinois schools.

Editor’s Note: Questionnaires featuring the candidates in contested school board races will be published before the election.

KANKAKEE — A community healing center is set to open for people affected by gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting that killed two people and injured five

KANKAKEE — Twenty-six visiting international teachers hailing from four countries started their jobs in Kankakee School District 111 this week as school resumed from winter break.

KANKAKEE — The vacant seat on the Kankakee School Board left by the death of Deb Johnston will be filled by Cynthia Veronda, a former District 111 principal, teacher and board member.

BRADLEY — Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School is looking to jump on board the electric school bus trend.

KANKAKEE — Kankakee School District 111’s assistant superintendent of human resources Shemeka Fountain was fired Monday with a split 4-3 vote by the Kankakee School Board.

Sir Edmund Winterbottom, the Bourbonnais Public Library’s unofficial mascot and ambassador since November 2019, celebrated his public service with a retirement party on Wednesday as children and families came to

KANKAKEE — Kankakee School District 111 has a lot to work on, and last week the Kankakee School Board heard exactly where some of the problem areas are.