The Herscher Village Board hs announced the hiring of a veteran Illinois State trooper as the town's new police chief. Kurt Quick has worked 24 years with the ISP. He was also a Kankakee County Sheriff deputy for five...
Illinois State Police will conduct Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols in area counties in June. Patrols are planned in Ford, Iroquois and Kankakee counties, and also in Livingston and McLean Counties June 23...
Three felony charges of aggravated battery are on file against 38-year-old Gregory Jarrett of Reddick after an April 22nd incident at a roadhouse bar. Jarrett is accused of punching another male in the face, the victim...
A Pontiac man considered a major drug dealer was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections. 25-year-old Sergio Contreras pled guilty to felony charges of delivering between 100 and 400 grams of meth as well as...
Vermilion County Sheriff Pat Hartshorn reports an attempted jail break over the weekend. An unidentified inmate managed to find his way into a maintenance opening inside a wall used as a pipe chase, then, using a...
The season's first hot weather fix is all set this week. Temps are expected to hit 90 degrees today (Tuesday) and then continue into the mid 90s into the weekend. A shortened work week after the Memorial Day weekend and...
A Memorial Day shooting in Kankakee left a man dead and his nephew jailed for his murder. A press release from Kankakee City Police stated 53-year-old Darrick Smith of Park Forest (IL) was shot and killed Monday. He was...
A 23-year-old Iroquois County man died in a rural weekend shooting in Kankakee County. Michael Godinez of Clifton died of injuries after he was reportedly shot at a house party in un-incorporated Bourbonnais. No arrest has been...
Several area Memorial Day services are on the calendar... some on Sunday, others on the holiday itself, Monday, May 29.
American Legion Post 23 in Watseka invites participation to the Legion Park Memorial at 11 am Monday...
Memorial Day services will be held at the Memorial in front of the Aroma Park Legion 1019 on Sunday, May 28.
21 gun salute presented by the "F" Troop at the end of the memorial and a Pot Luck lunch following the...
