Several armed robberies have plagued at least a handful of Illinois communities, including Manteno and Peotone. Police report it’s believed the robbers stole a car in Chicago and drove as far south as Manteno, holding people up...
A former automobile dealership building went up in flames overnight in Kankakee. What was the old Key City Chevrolet dealership at Court Street and Chicago Avenue sustained damage. Un-official reports claim the roof and walls...
Brook, Indiana Fire Chief Kyle Conrad reports a barn fire (Tuesday) in Newton County was “suspicious.” Conrad says it was a a total loss. There was no injury.
The Brook Fire Department answered the call about 1 pm. Mutual aid...
Watseka attorney Michael Sabol will serve the 21st Judicial Circuit as its news Associate Judge.
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced (Tuesday) Sabol will fill a vacancy on the bench. He fills the vacancy...
Iroquois County voters will get an opportunity to say Yes or No to a public safety tax in November.
The County Board (Tuesday) voted 11-5 to place a quarter-cent sales tax on the November 8 ballot -- to fund public safety...
The Kankakee County grand jury has indicted Keon Stokes for 2-counts of first-degree murder for the beating death of his young son.
The charge against the Kankakee man was upgraded from aggravated battery after an autopsy and...
Bond was set at #100,000 today (Tuesday) for Abacuc Rodriquez of Watseka. The 45-year-old is charged with Aggravated Domestic Battery for the beating he allegedly put on his girlfriend over the weekend.
Rodriquez remained jailed...
Illinois State police are investigating a Sunday morning car crash that killed a veteran Bourbonnais firefighter. 31-year-old Jessica Campbell was pronounced dead at the scene of what police report as a two-car crash on Kankakee...
Felony charges are now on file against a 25-year-old rural Paxton man charged in a fatal crash that took the life of a 19-year-old woman. The two-vehicle crash in Ford County August 1 killed a Kourtni “Suzy” Eastman.
Thomas...
32-year-old Thomas James of Kankakee was arrested over the weekend following a hold-up at a gas station early Sunday.
Police took James into custody without incident at an apartment complex not far from the business on South...
