More than 20 fire departments battled brush fires in Pembroke Township Monday and Tuesday. Kankakee County officials reported fire crews from Will County and northwest Indiana joined several area departments all day trying...
Ameren work crews were on the job Tuesday afternoon when a power outage eliminated service to about 3,000 customers in the Paxton area. Power was out from about 3:15 until near 6 pm. The outage also affected northern Champaign...
Grundy County Sheriff’s Policed report the arrest of a Reddick woman for DUI while three children were in the vehicle with her. Sheriff Kevin Callahan reported deputies conducted a traffic stop (last Saturday) near Route 47.
The...
THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN APRIL WAS ABOUT 45 DEGREES. THAT’S NEARLY EIGHT DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS SAYS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JIM ANGEL.
"The only April colder was 43.1 degrees in 1907," Angel...
State Representative Lindsay Parkhurst today announced progress being made on the Interstate 57 and Illinois State Highway 17 junction in Kankakee, Exit 312.
“Since I entered office last year, I worked to move along this...
Gunfire in Pembroke Township Saturday night left at least two people injured outside a gas station. Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are investigating. Several rounds of spent-casings were recovered at the S-S Friendly...
Several area fire departments were alerted Monday to brush fires. The dry conditions and high winds prompted a "red flag" alert by the National Weather Service. The alert continues today (Tuesday) with similiar...
Today (Sat) is the National Drug Take Back Day. Citizens are encouraged to get rid of any outdated, unwanted, unused prescription medicines that might be in your homes.
You can dispose of the meds....with no questions...
Governor Rauner requests SBA assistance for Iroquois, Kankakee and Vermilion Counties for February floods
SPRINGFIELD – Governor Bruce Rauner (Friday) submitted a request for U.S. Small Business...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced the release of its Long Range Transportation Plan to help advance sustainable and multimodal solutions that support local goals and grow the state’s economy...
