Felony charges are now on file against a 25-year-old rural Paxton man charged in a fatal crash that took the life of a 19-year-old woman. The two-vehicle crash in Ford County August 1 killed a Kourtni “Suzy” Eastman.
Thomas...
32-year-old Thomas James of Kankakee was arrested over the weekend following a hold-up at a gas station early Sunday.
Police took James into custody without incident at an apartment complex not far from the business on South...
Details are yet to be released officially, but emergency responders report a 13-year-old boy died Sunday night in a crash in Newton County, Indiana.
The un-identified boy was killed and another juvenile injured when they were...
Republican Kankakee County State's Attorney candidate Ed Glazar responded *decisively to attacks from Democratic oppoenent Jim Rowe about his budget record as Chief Public Defender.
Glazar said "despite my opponent's claims, the...
Democrat Jim Rowe has gained the endorsement of Kankakee County sheriff deputies in the race for States’ Attorney.
It’s a first for the sheriff deputies to endorse a candidate for state’s attorney. The local chapter of the...
Iroquois County residents buying items in neighboring counties are helping to pay for public safety in those counties. So, why shouldn’t people visiting and buying goods in Iroquois County return the favor ?
That’s a...
City/village/township/county governmental leaders are pencil-pushing and head-scratching in trying to find direction for FY 17 budgets.
Finance planners are always in search of a better bottom-line, but the state’s battle...
A Wednesday afternoon fire destroyed a home in Newton County. Brook Fire chief Kyle Conrad said it appeared to electrical in nature. The homeowner had left for short time and returned home to find the room where her...
The victim in a fatal crash south of Fowler, Indiana last week has been identified as 19-year-old Ali Abdullah Aljarodi
He was originally from Saudi Arabia but moved to Arizona to attend school, according to the Coroner’s...
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...
