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Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is reminding the public that Driver Services facilities statewide are reopening on Tuesday, January 5. Face masks are required, and social distancing and other safety measures will remain...

Sixty-year-old Dewey Couch of Rankin suffered serious injury when he was ejected from his vehicle while he tried elude police. The Tuesday night accident happened on Route 47 at .50 N Road at 10:45 pm.  Counch ran his...

                     Winter Storm Watch from FRIDAY 6 am until FRIDAY at 3 pm ...Ice and Snow Accumulations Likely Late...

An Aroma Park woman was killed in a 2-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Kankakee County.  75-year-old Betty Becker was a passenger in a van driven by her husband. The van was involved in a colission with a second...

A former legislative voice for the 104th District will step back into a government role.  Chad Hays has been appointed by Governor J.B. Pritzker to serve on the state Education Labor Relations Board. The board is in...

Snowfall Tuesday and Tuesday night posed slick road conditions in Kankakee County, leading to several accidents. But police report no serious injuries. Snowfall amounts ranged from 2.5 to near 4 inches, reaching from Kankakee to...

Two senior citizens from Lowell, IN are among the three persons killed in a Christmas Eve crash in Lake County, IN. County Sheriffs Police identified the victims as 80-yr-old Johnnie and 76-yr-old Renata Johnson of Lowell. Also...

A Milford man and a Watseka woman face Meth charges after being arrested by Iroquois County Sheriff's Police.  39-year-old George Elpers is charged with possession ofmeth and onbstructing police.  33-year-old Melinda...

The Kankakee City Fire Department is announcing the upcoming retirement of Deputy Chief Eric Boness.  He ends 30 years of service on January 16.  The Chebanse resident worfked his way up the ranks over his 30-year...

Former Kankakee Fire Chief David St. John died Monday. He was 75.  He joined the city department in 1968.  During his 27 years with the department, St. John served at various ranks, promoted to Chief in 1993 and...