Kankakee fire officials pegged Monday's emergency room fire at Prescent St. Mary's hospital at $25,000. The fire was intentionally set.
An un-identified patient being treated in one of the exam rooms set the bed on...
The Watseka Unit Nine School District has sold the Woodland school building. The school board had already decided to close the elementary bulding at the end of the current school year.
The Cornerstone Ministries...
Kankakee Police say the apartment building fire last week that killed two young boys was intentionally set. A suspect has been questioned and formal charges are being reviewed by the Kankakee County State's Attorney's office.
In...
53-year-old Leon Tucker was identified as a gunshot victim killed Saturday on S. Harrison Avenue in Kankakee.
Kankakee police report Tucker was found lying in the street. He'd been shot several times.
Kankakee County Coroner...
As the investigation into the cause of last week's fire in Kankakee continues, authorities report the two young boys pulled from the building have died.
The two and four-year-old died over the weekend at separate Chicago...
Lyle Behrends of Ashkum and Dale Strough of Watseka will serve as respective Iroquois County Republican and Democratic Party leaders.
Both were seated (Wednesday) when area county conventions re-organized political...
The Watseka City Hall will serve as the Small Business Administration's Outreach Center to assist flood victims in Iroquois County.
The Outreach Center is in response to Governor Rauner's announcement that the federal government...
Five people are under arrest in Jasper County after they're accused of holding a homeowner at gunpoint during a burglary.
The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon (around 2 pm) in a subdivision (Tanglewood Subdivision) a couple...
He was Herscher's link to news and information. And a friend to all.
Rob Mau, community leader, owner and editor of the Herscher Pilot newspaper, and an all-out friend to everyone in the Kankakee Community, died of a heart...
A proposed 278-mile rail line, affecting the Manteno area, is raising a lot of questions and concerns. The Great Lakes Basin Railroad line would take in in some 41 miles in Kankakee County. Its concept is to alleviate rail...
