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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,173 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 74 additional deaths.  Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 22,025 cases...

Ford and Kankakee County reported additional positive cases of the coronavirus disease Monday afternoon. .Ford County Public Health Department (FCPHD) is announcing one additional case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The...

Iroquois County recorded its ninth positive case of coronavirus over the weekend.  The County Public Health Department reported a female in her 40's tested positive.  Grundy County now has 14 cases.  Kankakee...

An elderly male in his 80's became the 8th person to die of COVID-19 (cornovirus disease) in Kankakee County.  The Public Health Department updated its numbers Thursday afternoon. The county now has 163 confirmed cases, up...

The Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group (KAMEG), arrested 57-year-old Jerry H. Caldwell of Dolton, IL, and 38-year-old Cornell B. Mobley of Kankakee.  Both are charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a...

Kankakee City Police are investigating a case which finds a 26-year-old man facing charges after this arrest. Demetrius Jones of Kankakee was arrested Tuesday for possession of a stolen firearm, unlawful use of a...

A wind advisory will be in place from mid-morning today (Thursday) thru 7 pm this evening for much of our WGFA-listening area...northwest winds may clock at 30 to 40+ miles per hour.  Scattered rain and now showers are...

                   Courtesy of the Ford County Public Health Department The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a...

The Kankakee County Health Department (Tuesday) reported 18 new confirmed cases of coronavirus. The county’s total cases reached 128. Seventeen of the newest cases are men ranging in ages from teens to 60s, with one female in her...

The number of coronavirus cases neared 6,000 in Indiana today. The state reported 436 new coronavirus cases and 30 new deaths. In total, there are 5,943 cases and 203 deaths in the state. Tippecanoe County reported four new...