A convicted killer remained at large today (Wed) after overpowering a correctional guard and then escaping from the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee County.
A stolen vehicle Kamron Taylor took from the jail facility was...
Ameren Illinois says its customers are benefiting from a drop in the cost of natural gas. The company also says because it purchases a significant amount of natural gas for customers during the summer and stores it for later use...
An investigative team is at work in Kankakee trying to find answers as to how convicted-killer Kamron Taylor managed to escape from the Kankakee County Detention Center.
The 23-year-old, who was awaiting sentencing for murder...
Unemployment numbers show a decline again. Unemployment fell in Iroquois, Vermilion and Champaign Counties during February.
In Iroquois County the rate fell over the year from 9.4 percent last February to 6.5 percent here in...
It'll be one of the best. And it will serve as a regional resource. That's what Kankakee Community College President Dr. John Avendano said about the soon-to-be-built new Advanced Technology Education Center on the KCC campus.
A...
A house fire, believed to have started in a bedroom, did about $40,000 damage to a house in Kankakee. Firemen answered the call to the 600-block of Dearborn Avenue.
The occupants were not at home. No injury was reported.
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Sherriff's Police in Kankakee County are investigating an inmate escape from the Jerome Combs Detention Center. It happened at around 3 am this (Wed) morning when the inmate overpowered a correctional officer, took the officer's...
Operators removed Braidwood Nuclear Power Station Unit One from service early Monday morning for a planned refueling outage. While the unit is offline, technicians will be replacing nearly one-third of the reactor's fuel, as well...
The dry, warmer weather, coupled with windy conditions has fire department officials asking the public to be aware of the potential of brush fires. Rural departments have been busy with field fires the last several days in...
A working smoke detector and the family dog get credit for alerting a family about a house fire early Sunday.
A family of four is homeless following the blaze that started on a lower level then worked its way upstairs. A husband...
