Kankakee Fire Chief Damon Schuldt reports the body of a second fisherman who fell into the Kankakee River last month has been found…. 70 MILES AWAY….in the Illinois River at Ottawa. Chief Schuldt said he was notified Saturday by...
A big-time hit on unemployment reported in Kankakee County. The continuing pandemic took another bite in the local area, like many other communities in the state and across the U.S. The Illinois Department of Employment...
Kennedy Drive in Kankakee was where more protests were conducted Monday. They were peaceful, but people stopped traffic by laying down on the streets. It marked a third day of protesting locally, individuals responding to the...
Kankakee police responded to a report of shots fired in the 300-block N. Evergreen Avenue Monday morning. No one was injured, but a house was damaged by bullets. Three people were being questioned.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has activated hundreds of Illinois National Guardsmen to assist Chicago Police in the ongoing protests that have turned into violent looting. Hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in metropolitan...
If you get a call from an unknown number claiming to be a COVID-19 contact tracer, it could be a scam, or it could be legit. Public health officials say state contact tracers will be making calls to people it believes have come...
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a total of 120,260 cases, including 5,390 deaths, in 101 counties.
As of Sunday, Iroquois County Public Health was reporting 132 confirmed cases on COVID-19. ...
A Milford man is jailed on a $1-million bond for the 2019 Iroquois County death of a Martinton woman. 47-year-old Jason Fancher faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 54-year-old Pam Williams, whose body was...
Chief Judge Michael Kramer has announced plans to resume a more traditional court schedule effective June 1 (2020) followinbg weeks to altered activity due to the COVID-19 emergency pandemic. Judge Kramer advises jurors and...
Discussions were underway (Thursday) in Iroquois County concerning suggestions on how to address COVID-19 concerns – now that the economy is beginning its re-opening. The County Board Policy & Procedure committee heard about...
