Law enforcement officials gather today (Friday) at the Kankakee County Courthouse for National Police Week recognition. A week of remembering and saluting police officers begins Sunday.
Several police agencies will participate...
A multi-national operator of prisons and detention facilities, turned away in Gary, IN, is now looking at Newton County.
The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) needs access to the Chicag0-land area and is looking...
A huge, threatening fire in Gilman (Wednesday) destroyed one building, damaged a couple more and had emergency responders on edge for a while. No injuries resulted. But now the Iroquois County town is forced to clean-up.
Strong...
A line of severe storms swept through much of central Illinois and did damage in northwest Indiana Wednesday evening.
Hail and downed power lines and trees were reported in parts of Bourbonnais. Northwest Indiana, Crown Point and...
The City of Gilman is cleaning up following Wednesday's fire in the downtown area. An old lumberyard building at 114 W. Second Street was destroyed. Two neighboring buildings had smoke and water damage. No one...
Graduation ceremonies at Kankakee Community College are Saturday, May 12. The 10 am event is at the George Ryan Gymnasium in the Activities Building. It's the 49th annual event. There are 450 graduates receiving...
Thick, black smoke hovered over downtown Gilman (Wednesday) when fire consumed a former lumberyard building.
Elementary school children were evacuated from a couple blocks away and nearby businesses were evacuated.
The...
Newton County Auditor
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
> Tami M. Jackson (R) 1,073 60%
Leann Sale (R) 704 40%
Newton County Recorder
100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING
> Janice M Wilson (R) 870 47%
Cheryl Myers (R) 562 31%
Joy McCann...
A solar farm in Watseka, near the County Courthouse, is open for discussion. State’s Attorney Jim Devine will review the county’s lease arrangement on farm ground, now used for agricultural purposes.
A proposal from Microgrid...
There’s been a lot of inquiries, lot of questions from people for and against solar farms, and today (Tuesday) the Kankakee County Board took another step forward.
The Board OK’d three additional solar farm sites. Earlier, the...
