The Livingston County Coroner’s Office announces the investigation of an inmate's death at the Pontiac Correctional Center. Emergency responders were dispatched about 5:29 pm Sunday to the prison’s north cell house after an...
Four people were trapped on the second floor during a house fire in Kankakee Monday evening. All four were rescued. No injuries reported. The residents were found on the upper floor at 1361 S. Kensington Avenue when firemen...
Members of Iroquois County Emergency Management Agency worked with the damage survey team from the US National Weather Service, Chicago office, to identify areas of damage that occurred following the four separate...
Ashkum Fire personnel responded to a semi tractor-trailer rollover on I-57 Sunday night. The truck driver refused medical treatment altough trapped in his rig for some time. Fire and Riverside Ambulance personnel were on...
Insurance adjusters will be evaluating damage done to a grade school in the Prairie Central School District. The junior-high building at Forrest was peeled off Sunday when high winds hit the community. Superintendent...
The National Weather Service (NWS) plans to have damage assessment teams out and about in central Illinois and Indiana today (Monday 12/29) to determine if tornadoes or straight line winds are responsible for Sunday's weather...
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the completion of a multiyear project to improve a section of Interstate 55 in Livingston County. The $39.4 million project is made possible under Gov. JB Pritzker’s bipartisan...
A shooting on Kankakee’s east side Sunday left a man dead. The 35-year-old victim was pronounced dead at a hospital. Kankakee City Police and the Kankakee County Coroner’s office are investigating. A press release states...
In Iroquois County Court (September 18) --- Johnathan Schill received a seven year prison term, pleading guilty in two separate cases. Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Mansberger prosecuted the cases. Schill has...
