OSF Healthcare has announced a new masking requirement for all employees, patients and visitors. Officials cite an increase in respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, influenza and RSV as the reason. The health system is also...
Kankakee Police report two people dead and at least five others injured following a house party shooting early New Year's Day. It happened on the city’[s east side, on the 1800-block of Pierson Parkway.
Anyone with info is asked...
Paxton Police are working with the Ford County Sheriff department investigating a reported armed robbery at a Paxton liquor store Friday. Police are looking for details after two suspects robbed Paxton Variety...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is monitoring a large event of waterfowl mortality at numerous locations throughout Illinois. Test results received so far indicate bird flu is the cause. Members of the public are...
An Illinois State Trooper killed in the line-of-duty will be laid to rest later this week. Trooper Clay Carns of Orland Park was hit and killed by a driver who violated Scott’s Law.
Carns died at an area hospital after he was...
Illinois State Police announces the agency will conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols. Troopers will focus on area counties, including Vermilion, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston and Kankakee. The enforcement patrols...
A truck driver was killed and a 15-year-old boy seriously injured when two semi-tractor trailers crashed into each other Tuesday morning near Grant Park in Kankakee County.
Illinois State Police reported a truck driver lost...
Illinois State Police arrested 69-year-old John Fleet of Wilmington, IL for Scott’s Law (Class 4 Felony) after a fatal crash -- involving Trooper Clay M. Carns.
At a press conference, it was explained that Trooper Carns observed...
An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being struck by a passing vehicle while clearing debris from the road on southbound I-55 Monday night.
The Illinois State Police report that 35-year-old Trooper Clay M. Carns was...
Ford County has a new administrator for the County Health Department. Glenn Miller is expected to start his new position January 6.
The Ford County Chronicle reports Miller impressed the Board of Health members and a...
