Damage was estimated at $20,000 after a residential fire in Kankakee Sunday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the 300-bock of N. Harrsison Avenue about 1:30. Fire Chief Damon Schuldt reported damage to a...
The Iroquois County Republican Central Committee is formally recommending a vote of non-retention for Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride of the 3rd Judicial District.
Justice Kilbride is up for retention on the...
Satia Thomas of St. Anne is the best ! Maybe the best ever, when it comes to the Accuplacer Test administered by Kankakee Community College. Satia is a junior student in the Medical Terminology Course at the Kankakee...
Danville Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man last night. The 19-year-old victim was shot near Douglas Park. Police found the man about 8 pm. He was lying in the middle of Florida Street. He was pronounced dead at...
A suburban firefighter's death is under investigation follwing an apparent accident during a dive-traning exercise at Haigh Quarry in Kankakee. 29-year-old Dylan Cunningham passed away at Northwestern Memoral Hospital in...
A Watseka woman was jailed in Iroquois County Wednesday for possession of Meth and possession of Meth with intent to deliver. 55-year-old Deana Clawson was also charged with possession of drug equipment. Watseka Police made...
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board and Governor J.B. Pritzker have denied clemency for a convicted-murderer for the killing of a Bourbonnais woman outside a Kankakee grade school in 1989. A petition for executive clemency was...
It’s been 15 years as head of the Eastern Illinois FoodBank. And CEO Jim Hires plans to retire from the organization in April 2021. Hires has led the FoodBank organization since May 2005. During his tenure, Hires Increased the...
Public safety issues were discussed in detail at a special meeting of the Kankakee City Council Tuesday. Gun violence, in particular, has law enforcement under the microscope as city leaders are being pressured to find...
Public health officials are pushing this year's seasonal flu vaccine, saying the flu season is near and with the COVID-19 pandemic still a big issue a person does not need to deal with complications of both concerns. ...
