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Ashkum, IL – The Illinois State Police (ISP), District 21, will be conducting Roadside Safety Checks (RSC) in Kankakee County on August 16th and 30th, according to Lieutenant Randy Ness. The ISP has zero tolerance for impaired...

Tom Bennett of Gibson City will be the Republican name on the ballot for the 106h House district this November. Bennett was a unanimous choice Sunday to replace Josh Harms of Watseka, who elected to withdraw from the race to...

The Chicago Bears front-office is pretty impressed with the changes and improvements at Olivet Nazarene University. Summer camp opened today (Friday) and members of the front-office made their rounds to see improvements to the...

The jobless rates in central-Illinois counties and throughout the state continue to decline. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports it's another reflection of an improving economy. All 102 counties in the state...

The committee to select a replacement on the November ballot for State Representative Josh Harms meets this weekend. A Sunday meeting in Paxton finds five Republicans seeking the seat in the 106th House District making their...

                         Kankakee's Free entertainment It started off years ago as a simple free night of...

The annual Loda Good Ole Days celebrations is this weekend, Friday, July 25 thru Sunday, July 27th. The planning committee says the 3-day festival is growing some each year. And this weekend, visitors can enjoy a Saturday parade...

A 7-year-old boy has died as a result of injuries suffered in an accident while riding his bike last weekend in the small town of Rowe, about 5 miles north of Pontiac. Blake Kenneth Seifers was bicycling just past 4 pm Saturday...

CRESCENT CITY -- An early-morning fire today (Wed) at the Spring Creek Campground, northwest of Crescent City, left a 60-year-old man dead. Kenneth Sailer was pronounced dead at the scene AT 5:50 am by Coroner Bill Cheatum. The...