Kankakee County Stories -Wild Kankakee Vol. 3

Kankakee County Stories -Wild Kankakee Vol. 3 by Jim Ridings. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780982408087.

Kankakee County Stories is the third volume in the Wild Kankakee series. The stories are all new. Former Kankakee Mayor Russell Johnson tells the true stories behind the political shenanigans. Other stories are about the Daily Journal reporter arrested in the newspaper office; how the Chicago White Stockings beat the Kankakee baseball team 111 to 5; how the Frank Lloyd house almost became Heritage House nursing home; the phony sales tax scheme; the His Community story; bizarre tales, more racial history, more sex scandals and the history of the hamburger and root beer stands. Hundreds of local stories, all true!