Sheriff VanVleet is proud to announce the addition of Jesse Wallace to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office patrol staff. Wallace recently returned to the area after serving in the US Marine Corps. He comes from a law enforcement...
The Ford County Record reports next week’s Paxton City Council meeting is expected to interest the community as to how the administration will proceed in its search for a new police chief.
The 7 pm meeting Tuesday, September...
Newton County Sheriff’s Police investigated a rollover crash Tuesday night at U.S 41 and Couty Road 300 W. A 24 year old Roselawn man, was traveling south bound on US 41when he failed to negotiate the curve at County Road 300...
Kankakee Fire Department answered a call to a trailer fire this (Wed) morning in the 1900 block of Schuyler Avenue. There was no injury in the fire that heavily damaged the house-trailer at 6 am. One person living in the home is...
A passerby notified emergency officials about a tractor fire early Tuesday south of Watseka at county roads 1462 E and 2000 N. Woodland Fire Chief Bill Tucker said the tractor, owned by Wayne Janssen, had been parked since about...
– Roy Collins, former executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District, entered pleas of guilty (Tuesday) afternoon to defrauding the park district and a related not-for-profit organization for his personal benefit...
The Dearborn Apartment building in Kankakee was evacuated Saturday when a fire broke out in a third-floor apartment. Kankakee Fire reported no injury. But the occupants, a woman and a child, were forced to find a place to stay...
A one-car accident claimed a life Sunday in Pembroke Township. Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police report 38-year-old Tenisha Burton of Chicago was thrown from her vehicle. Police said the vehicle left and roadway and rolled. A...
A motorcycle crash at 5th Street and Station Street in Kankakee claimed a life Saturday. 29-year-old Jake Popovich of Kankakee died of injuries at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood Saturday night.
Details about the accident were...
The Dearborn Apartment building in Kankakee was evacuated Saturday when a fire broke out in a third-floor apartment. Kankakee Fire reported no injury. But the occupants, a woman and a child, were forced to find a place to stay...
