The Kankakee Public Library is the setting for today’s (Tuesday) candidate forum featuring Kankakee County candidates for Clerk and Treasurer. The NAACP will sponsor the 5:30 pm forums on the 4th floor of the library in downtown...
Interstate 57 between exits 312 in Kankakee and 315 at Bradley will be closed intermittently next week for bridge work on North Street in Bradley.
Illinois Department of Transportation reports the closure — from Monday to...
32-year-old Nicole Turner of Watseka was jailed in Iroquois County after her arrest Thursday. Watseka Police assisted a Department of Corrections parole agent in making the arrest in the 300-block of N. Market...
Paxton city leaders will join Ford County officials and state legislators later this month to memorialize the site where a police shootout nearly 40 years ago claimed the lives of law enforcement officers along I-57.
Paxton...
It's the 39th annual Harvest Daze in Watseka. It all begins at 4 pm today (Friday) at the Olde Courthouse Museum. The annual event features crafts, entertainment and food. The weekend event is the big fundraiser...
An apartment building on W. Station Street in Kankakee sustained significant damage last night. No injury was reported. The cause is under investigation, according to Fire Chief Damon Schuldt.
Four apartments were in the...
A 25-year-old Chicago woman died in a single-car crash this (Wed) morning on U.S. 41 in Newton County, IN. Sheriff’s Police investigated at 5 am just north of County Road 600 N.
The un-identified driver was northbound when she...
The Watseka American Legion Post #23 along with other Legion Posts will be soliciting for an Honor Guard Collection. The event is to raise money to purchase uniforms for American Legion Color Guards.
A drive-through collection...
The USDA says that programs like federally subsidized crop insurance and federal food assistance will continue even though lawmakers failed to pass a new Farm Bill by the deadline of this weekend. Sec. Sonny Perdue said Friday...
