East Kankakee Grocery Push, Bradley Industrial Park Funding, Sewer Discharge Source Identified, Fatal Route 17 Crash, Armed Robbery Arrest & More

This week on Kankakee Podcast News, city leaders in Kankakee take steps toward bringing a full-service grocery store to the east side, approving a feasibility study aimed at addressing the long-standing food desert. In Bradley, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly joined local officials to celebrate major improvements at the historic David Bradley Industrial Park after $4.1 million in federal funding helped preserve the site. Officials have also identified the source of a recent sudsy discharge that overwhelmed part of Kankakee’s sewer system, tracing it to a processing issue at a local soap manufacturer. In eastern Kankakee County, tragedy struck after one of two children critically injured in a single-vehicle crash on Route 17 has died. And Kankakee police have made an arrest in an armed robbery on East Court Street, with the investigation still ongoing.Send us Fan MailSupport the show