Iroquois County Sheriff's Police, Kankakee County Sheriff's department, Illinois & INdiana State Police and local police departments are all participating in the Drug Take-Back Program this weekend. Information and drop-off sites...
The Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School is the setting for a satellite office in Hopkins Park to help residents apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program...
A water main break in Donovan is being repaired today (Tuesday). Water will be turned off-and-on while the repairs are completed. Once completed, a boil order will be in place for residents north of 2nd Street --...
Republican Darren Bailey has moved into a virtual tie with Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker in the race for Illinois chief executive. According to an Osage Research poll, Bailey received 42% and Pritzker 44% among likely voters...
Illinois’ unemployment rate is the worst in the country and more than two percentage points higher than Missouri’s. Only the District of Columbia had a higher rate of 4.7% while Illinois’ is 4.5%. The national average is 3.5%...
Weekend winds contributed to the spread of several fires in rural sections of Illinois and Indiana. Several area fire departments were busy Saturday and Sunday trying to control spreading flames and save crops. Damage...
A large field fire in Newton County, Indiana Saturday forced patrons at corn maze to evacuate. No injury was reported but several area fire departments respnded to bring the spreading flames under control. High...
The Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group (KAMEG), Kankakee Police Department, Bradley Police Department, Bourbonnais Police Department, Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Safe2Help program reports that it has received 873 public interactions across the state. Safe2Help Illinois is a free, information sharing platform that is available 24/7. Since the...
Damage estimates were placed at $55,000 from an apartment fie in Kankakee Thursday afternoon. No injury was reported. Nine adults and a child were displaced. It was a two-story apartment complex in the 900-block of E...
