The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that construction is underway on Illinois 115 (Jeffrey Street) in Kankakee. The work zone is from Washington Avenue to Gar Creek just south of 1000S...
With the final scheduled day of spring legislative session Friday, Illinois taxpayers still don’t know how the state plans to spend their money. A budget has yet to advance. The governor proposed a nearly $50 billion plan in...
In an effort to prevent motorists from driving around stopped school buses, Illinois lawmakers have voted to allow for the stop arms of buses to be extended. Currently, stop arms only extend slightly from the bus. Under this...
Two Kankakee residents are jailed following a KAMEG investigation that led to authorities recovering cannabis, fentanyl and weapons. 24-year-old Miguel Vega-Pizano and 24-year-old Jennifer Rodriquez are being held at the Jerome...
Kankakee Police along with the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group (KAMEG), Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office, and other local law enforcement, executed a search warrant at a residence in Kankakee. Following the...
There will be a haze in the sky this week for many parts of Illinois. The hazy orange cast is from wildfire smoke from some of the 200 wildfires burning across Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The fires have forced the...
In recognizing National Police Week 2023, State Representative Jackie Haas is honoring 79th District police officers. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day...
One person was killed in a single vehicle crash that occurred in Livingston County last Thursday (5/11). Livingston County Sheriff’s Police report a vehicle driven by Jessica Casey of Odell was westbound on 1300 North Road...
