Daniela Hernadez-Patrevito a 2026 graduate of the registered nursing program at Kankakee Community College, has been awarded The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nursing Students. The annual award is part of The DAISY...
45-year-old Billy Walker faces several felony charges in connection with what authorities call an illegal dogfighting ring. On file are charges that include 18 counts of dog fighting, 2-counts of animal torture, and...
Former Tilton, Illinois Police Chief Steve Cornett is being remembered after he was fatally struck by a vehicle on Wednesday morning while he was working as a construction contractor at the Interstate 57/74 interchange in...
Motorists are slowed today in Champaign after a construction worker was hit and killed along I-74. It happened in the eastbound lanes, near milepost 179, according to State police reports. A pickup truck pulling a...
-Sheriff Mike Downey: this is a tremendous loss for our agency and all who knew Officer Barrera-
— Kankakee County Corrections Officer Luis Barrera and...
The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office has identified two people killed in a one-vehicle crash Sunday in Momence. 22-year-old Lewis Barrera of Momence and 21-year-old Alani Camarga of St. Anne are the victims.
Momence Police...
An alleged dog-fighting ring hed led to the recovery of 18 dogs in Pembroke Township. Kankakee County Animal Control and the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group executed a search warrant late Friday at a...
37-year-old Octavia Renee Murphy of Bourbonnais pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to defraud the SBA (Small Business Administration) of nearly $170,000. Prosecutors claimed she submitted false applications for...
-- FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Kankakee County Sheriff Department…among departments involved --
An FBI led investigation recently led to nearly 30 arrests in...
U.S. District Court Judge Colin Bruce imposed a six-year federal prison term for a Kankakee man for a fifth weapons offense. 37-year-old Jerome Simms pleaded guilty to possession of a gun by a felon after he fled from a...
