Kankakee Police detectives are investigating a shooting incident on W. Station Street Wednesday afternoon. Reports of up to a dozen shots rang out in the 300-block. No one was hit by the gunfire, but one person was hit by a car...
Community leaders are urged to open cooling centers today (Thursday) and Friday as temperatures are expected to reach the low to md 90s. And the heat index could climb to 103.
Government buildings, churches, American Legion...
It’s a nationwide effort – to bring police closer to the community. And police in departments in Kankakee, Bradley, Bourbonnais, Danville and Champaign will be involved.
National ‘Night Out’ finds several police agencies staging...
A 19-year-old Paxton woman was killed in head-on collision early Monday. And a 25-year-old Paxton man is facing charges, which are likely to include drunken driving as a result of the crash in Ford County.
District 21 Illinois...
Motorists will have to sue alternate routes overnight tonight (Monday) if traveling on Illinois Route One at Watseka. The continuing bridge work will close the route from 8 pm 'til 6 am tomorrow (Tuesday, August...
Road work in Vermilion County will be slowed, beginning this week. Traffic on Route 1, north of Hoopeston, and I-74 will be affected.
The re-surfacing work begins Thursday (August 4).
The Illinois Department of Transportation...
Edward C. Peters, of Clifton, was elected to the position of State Commander of the Disabled American Veterans.
Peters served in the Army in Vietnam, in 1967 and '68. In 1976, he took over the pre-Memorial Day responsibilities...
Fire officials in Morocco, IN have determined the cause of a fire that destroyed a Morocco home early Wednesday morning.
Fire Chief Corrie Myers reports investigators determined the fire at 301 W. Grove St. was electrical in...
An investigation continues after a 46-year-old man’s body was removed from the Kankakee River (Sunday). Michael Howard of Kankakee was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:25 pm.
Several emergency vehicles blocked traffic at River...
Downtown Kankakee is boasting its ‘shining star,’ the Merchant Street Music Fest today (Friday) and Saturday. Thirty-five different bands offer a variety of musical entertainment, food vendors and crafts and art displays.
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