Before any Lego creations can be erected, the first order of business for a five-some ownership group is transforming the retail location one brick at a time. A group of five Grant Park and Beecher friends are pushing ahead on plans to open a Bricks &... See more
Bourbonnais Police Sgt. Dave Herberger gazed outside his game room window. On this bright, sunny winter day, the remaining snow was losing its battle to hang around. While winter still likely has some havoc in store, it felt on this day that spring was in... See more
Discount Planet will not be in the orbit of Bradley for much longer. The retailer which occupies the 44,000-square-foot former Big Lots site along North Kennedy Drive immediately east of Perry Farm park will soon be on the move. The ownership of 185 N. Ke... See more
A closed former sandwich and pizza restaurant is set to open under a new name and a vastly different menu. The site near the southeast corner of Armour Road and Bradley Boulevard will be home to perhaps the first Indian-style restaurant in the area’s hist... See more
A long, mostly vacant former Kankakee manufacturing site has been recently purchased by a Milwaukee development group. The Phoenix Investors group recently purchased the 75-acre, 611,879-square-foot property on Kankakee’s north side. The $5.75-million sal... See more
