A faulty electrical unit is blamed for a structure fie in Kankakee Thursday afternoon. An electrical fire was found in a wall at 479 N. Industrial Avenue. Fire Chief Bryan LaRoche said no one was injured but...
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Interstate 55 at the Illinois 17 interchange in Dwight will be closed for four consecutive nights beginning Monday. The closures eun from Monday, April 1, through Thursday...
Shawn Poppie has been named the eighth head woman's basketball coach at Clemson University. Poppie is a Crescent City native from Iroquois County.. He departs from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he...
An early morning accident Sunday in Watseka led to a handful of charges against the driver of a vehicle. 24-year-old Jesse Calvillo lost control of his vehicle while northbound on N. 3rd Street. City Police report Calvillo...
The Wilmington Fire Protection District rescued a woman from an overturned vehicle in the Kankakee River Sunday night. The unidentified woman was taken to an area hospital. Fire personnel responded by the Des Plaine...
36-year-old Mitchell Tousignant of Dwight faces prison time if convicted for class 4 felony charges. The Grundy County grand jury indicted Tousignant for unlawful possession of fetanyl. He was arrested in January by...
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement as wind gusts up to 40 to 45 mph, combined with afternoon relative humidity values falling to 30 to 35 percent, and dry fine fuels will lead to an elevated fire...
The driver of an SUV may have suffered a medical episode late Friday morning. Emergency responders reported the driver ran off West Sheffield Street, ran through a fence in front of the playground area at the grade school...
