Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong will focus on three pillars of her agenda for a better Kankakee.
The mayor hosted a gathering (Thursday) to introduce a new initiative for her administration. She calls it “Kankakee Forward.” She...
The driver of a van is dead after a train and the van collided in Rensselaer, IN Wednesday afternoon.
Police believe the driver of the van was southbound across the railroad tracks along Matheson Street at 2:30 pm when the...
Three vehicles collided on Interstate 65 North this (Thursday) morning leaving one person dead.
The wreck happened around 1 a.m. about two miles north of State Road 28.
State police say a Freightliner and a pickup truck were...
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...
