The cleanup is underway for a number of towns in central and southern Illinois after several tornadoes cut into the countryside. The National Weather service is reporting 22 tornadoes touched down Saturday afternoon and evening...
River Valley Metro buses are teaming up with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department to support the annual Shop-with-a-Cop program.
Kankakee County’s needy children will benefit on December 16th when police officers take kids...
Video poker machines are more prevalent and profitable than ever before, but some lawmakers and local leaders are looking to do something about them. Illinois has enough gambling machines to fill 24 full-sized casinos. State Sen...
The latest plan to highlight Route 66 is getting a thumbs up in Illinois. >>>>
There are places along Route 66 from Chicago to California that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Now there is a plan in...
No injuries to report, but a a chimney fire in a wood burning fireplace is to blame for an overnight house fire in rural Morocco, Indiana. Brook-Iroquois Township fire chief Kyle Conrad says firefighters received the call shortly...
The Illinois Farm Bureau says word that there’s an agreement in principle on a new farm bill in congress is a welcome relief for Illinois’ agriculture community. Members of a conference committee in congress have been working for...
“Blake Kinnett Day” in Illinois is being recognized Saturday (December1).
The designation is in honor of a Vermilion County teenager diagnosed with Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a genetic disease that destroys the protective...
Newly elected county officials are set for their swearing-in events this next week. Mondays marks the start and re-direction for winners in the recent election.
Circuit judges will swear-in county-wide office-holders at 9 am...
Two adult people are under arrest for the death of a one-year-old child.
34-year-old Dean Williams of Kankakee and 23-year-old Keyonna Deckert of Colorado both face charges of 1st-degree murder and aggravated battery for the...
