The IDOT officials are also reporting a resurfacing project begins today (10/14) along Illinois Route 53 (BaltimoreStreet from Watser Street/Route 102 to the Wilmington-Peotone Road. Intermittent land closures will be...
The I-57 interchange at Buckley will be closed for four consecutive nights starting tonight (Monday 10/14). The Illinois Department of Transportation reports the closure begins at 9 pm and reopens at 5 am each days. ...
Hoopeston Public Library has received a $2,000 Rotary District 6490 Grant thanks to the efforts of the Hoopeston Rotary Club. The funds will be used to update the library’s youth room with new furniture and materials for...
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that weather permitting, Interstate 55 at the Illinois 17 interchange (exit 217) in Dwight will be closed overnight from Monday, Oct. 14, through Monday, Oct. 21. The...
The deadline to submit local business nominations for the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards is today.
Categories include: Technology and Innovation, New Business of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Large...
Watseka Police Department conducted a short investigation that led to the arrest of a Watseka High School Agriculture teacher. Police were notified on Tuesday of a teacher that was reportedly making inappropriate comments to the...
An arrest was made Wednesday in connection with the murder that took place in the 700 block of South Osborn Avenue, Kankakee on February 11, 2024. The U.S. Marshals Great Lake Regional Fugitive Task Force in Central Illinois and...
The Kankakee City Council recognized Officer Jana Brooks at their meeting for her remarkable bravery and life-saving actions on September 25, 2024.
Officer Brooks applied a tourniquet to a gunshot victim, which played a crucial...
Kankakee County Circuit Clerk office has gone live with a new court case management system. All in all, the transition has been a smooth one but there is one exception.
As part of this implementation, they installed a new...
The American Red Cross continues to work to restock critically needed blood products uncollected due to the ongoing impact of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the
Southeast. Donors outside of affected areas are encouraged to make...
