The Kankakee County grand jury has indicted Keon Stokes for 2-counts of first-degree murder for the beating death of his young son.
The charge against the Kankakee man was upgraded from aggravated battery after an autopsy and...
Bond was set at #100,000 today (Tuesday) for Abacuc Rodriquez of Watseka. The 45-year-old is charged with Aggravated Domestic Battery for the beating he allegedly put on his girlfriend over the weekend.
Rodriquez remained jailed...
Illinois State police are investigating a Sunday morning car crash that killed a veteran Bourbonnais firefighter. 31-year-old Jessica Campbell was pronounced dead at the scene of what police report as a two-car crash on Kankakee...
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...
