Jeff Bonty

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Jeff Bonty

BOURBONNAIS – Bourbonnais officials are attempting to put the brakes on off-road vehicles. A recent complaint by residents about people operating all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles off road near their homes led Bourbonnais trustees to amend its disorderly conduct and noise ordinance at the May 19 meeting. Mayor Jeff Keast said some residents have voiced concerns regarding some noise issues occurring in the Briarcliff area.

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Jeff Bonty

BOURBONNAIS - Bourbonnais village trustees approved naming Bourbonnais Police Commander Jason Sztuba the interim police chief at Monday’s board meeting. The 49-year-old Sztuba replaces Deputy Chief Dave Anderson, who held the interim chief job since Chief Jim Phelps retired last year. Anderson retired May 16 after serving with the department for 31 years. Mayor Jeff Keast and the trustees honored Anderson with a proclamation during Monday’s meeting.

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Jeff Bonty

BOURBONNAIS - The vacancy on the Bourbonnais Village Board has been filled and the newest trustee is Craig Toepfer. Toepfer took the oath of office during Monday night’s board meeting. Toepfer fills the vacancy left when Jeff Keast was sworn in May 5 as mayor. Keast was a trustee for 10 years prior to being elected mayor this past month. Keast appointed Toepfer to the board to serve the final two years of his term.

2 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Jeff Bonty

BRADLEY — A 72-year-old Bradley man died as a result of injuries he sustained Sunday in a structure fire. Eldon C. Childs, 72, was pronounced dead at Riverside Medical Center at 12:03 p.m., Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner said. Bradley Fire Chief Jim Spoon said firefighters responded to a call of a house fire at approximately 10:58 a.m. in the 400 block of North Washington Avenue. The cause of the fire was determined to be improperly disposed of smoking material, Spoon said.

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Jeff Bonty

BOURBONNAIS — A Bishop McNamara Catholic School student was struck by a projectile from what Bourbonnais police said was an orbeez gun Thursday. First-grade students from Bishop McNamara’s Maternity campus were returning to the school from a trip to the nearby Dairy Queen when a male student was hit in the leg, Bourbonnais Police Patrol Commander Jason Sztuba said. “It happened on the sidewalk from a passing vehicle. No treatment was sought,” Sztuba said.