Testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is now available at Aunt Martha's Health & Wellness Center in Kankakee. The drive-thru testing site begins today and will be offered --BY APPOINTMENT ONLY -- Tuesday...
The Kankakee County Public Health Department (Tuesday) recorded its 20th coronavirus-related death, along with 10 new positive cases. There's now 293 total cases in the county. The latest fatality was a woman in her...
Four new cases and a 19th coronavirus death reported in Kankakee County Monday. The County health department reported the latest COVID-19 update. There were nine new positive cases over the weekend. Livingston County also...
The cause of a house fire in Kankakee Monday night is under investigation. Firefighters were called to the 600-block of E. Station Street at 8:45 pm. Fire Chief Damon Schuldt reports the fire escalated quickly, activating smoke...
Work crews with ERH Enterprises are busy this week flushing fire hydrants in Watseka. The work starts tonight (Monday) and continues thru Thursday. Hydrants will be flushed from 9 pm ‘til early the following morning. As usual...
A weekend crash in Pembroke Township resulted in the death of a Watseka man. 31-year-old Leo Ciaccio was apparently thrown from his vehicle along County Road 13,000 E. The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office reports the...
The Illinois Department of Public health Sunday reported 33 new deaths from cornavirus disease. It's far less, however, from the back-to-back reports of 125 Friday and Saturday. Health officials now say there's 1,197...
The Livingston County Health Department (LCHD) has reported the first death of a Livingston County resident due to complications related to COVID-19. The individual is a woman in her 80’s who had been hospitalized.
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Watseka Police responded to a domestic problem in progress early Sunday. Officers arrived in the 400-block of M. 5th Street just before 5 am to find a male subject had been struck in the head with a baseball bat. Riverside...
A residential structure fire alerted 4 Newton County fire departments on Sunday afternoon. Brook-Iroquois Township firefighters answered a call just past 5 pm at 1017 W 625S in the Beaver City community in Newton County’s...
