A short-lived retirement for Dr. John Avendano. The retiring Kankakee Community College President has been named president of Florida State College at Jacksonville.
Avendano was one of 74 applicants for the Florida...
Sherriff's Police in Newton County, IN are reporting the arrest of 21-year-old Garrett K. Kirts of Lebanon for the murder of Nicole Bowen.
As reported earlier here on 94.1 / 96.9 WIBK, Bowenn's body was found north of Kentland...
A two-alarm fire in Kankakee this (Friday) morning destroyed a building that housed three businesses. Kankakee Fire Chief Damon Schuldt said the warehouse structure on Grinnell Road went up in flames around 5 am .....all three...
A 64-year-old homeless man, who had a beef with his landlord, pleaded guilty to seeting a 2016 fire that led to the deaths of two young brothers. Alex Sawyer is facing between 20-30 yeras when he's sentenced June 25. Sawyer...
Local school officials are saying ‘thank you’ to local voters for their consideration about consolidation. Now—respective school boards have that task of finding new direction in dealing the many challenges school districts face...
Bill that would keep Illinois townships out of wind farm development heads to Pritzker’s desk
Illinois lawmakers have pushed through legislation that would keep townships from holding up wind farm construction in the midst of a...
Tuesday's election leaves the village board in Bourbonnais alone. The results find no change.
Incumbents Randy King, Jacl Litrell and Jeff Keast were the winners.
-- Kankakee changes faces --
The 4th Ward race in the city of...
The Progressive Citizens Party made a statement in Bradley (Tuesday). The Consolidated Election results had candidates making their presence known, defeating incumbents and taking control of the village board.
All four...
Twenty-six percent of Iroquois County voters turned at the polls Tuesday for the Consolidated Election. Ford County had but nine percent while Kankakee County shows a near 12% turnout.
City aldermen and village trustees were...
