There are 100 days of summer and the American Red Cross urges eligible donors to choose their day to give blood and help ensure a sufficient blood supply.
Summer is a difficult time to collect enough blood to meet patient needs...
The Chicago Bears' summer training camp in Bourbonnais has been revised a bit. This year's summer camp will be later and shorter.
The Bears will conduct their annual summer training camp from July 29 through August 16 at Olivet...
A traffic accident involving a motorist and a utility pole Sunday sent a Newton County woman to the Jasper County hospital.
Brook firefighters, Newton County EMS and Newton Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to the accident...
Lightening from Saturday's weather is believed to be the cause of a garage fire in Newton County.
Brook Fire Chief Kyle Conrad said homeowner Rick Elijah was home at South 100 East Road during the fire, but didn't notice it...
A rainy weekend....as much as four and five inches recorded at Sheldon and Stockland areas in Iroquois County. 2.88 at WGFA, 3.25 at Gilman, 2.5 inches at Buckley.
Flash flooding concerns have backed off. Flooded farm fields...
Iroquois Memorial Hospital is inviting the general public and former patients of Dr. Philip Zumwalt to the IMH Multi Specialty Physicians Clinic, 200 North Laird Lane, Watseka, on Monday, June 1st from 5 – 7 pm. The event is a...
New unemployment figures are showing the jobless rate continues to improve across Illinois. All the metro areas were down again...for the 14th consecutive month.
Kankakee's unemployment is at 5.8% for April...down from 7.9% last...
A series of four meetings have been scheduled in the Prairie Central school district that could lead to the closing of one building.
Meadowbrook Elementary School in Forrest would close after the 2015-16 school year under a plan...
KANKAKEE, IL – May 28, 2015 – The Kankakee-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which shares boundaries with Kankakee County, continued to experience the strongest job growth in the state of Illinois in April over the...
Steve Wilder has been elected Chair of the Kankakee Valley Airport Authority (KVAA) Board of Directors. Wilder will lead the Board of Directors in fulfilling the KVAA's strategic plan for airport development and aviation in the...
