The latest map just released today by the US Drought Monitor shows drought concerns persist across the region. According to the map, the entirety of Kankakee and Will Counties as well as 85 percent of Iroquois County continue to be in "moderate drought". Those numbers virtually unchanged from last week. This ...

Charges are pending after a man allegedly took a swing at his public defender during a hearing at the Kankakee County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon. Reports say 42-year-old Roderick T. Hodge Junior was in his detention hearing for an earlier felony disorderly conduct charge where he allegedly handed a backpack to a de...

The 71st season for the Kankakee Municipal Band summer concert series kicks off this evening at the Palzer Band Shell at Bird Park. Municipal Band Conductor Bob Evans Evans suggests you take along your lawn chair or blanket. The show kicks off at seven this evening and there are concerts every Thursday night now throu...

79th District State Representative Jackie Haas will host a blood drive tomorrow in the Bourbonnais Municipal Center Community Room. Representative Haas says the drove will run from 11 tomorrow morning until three in the afternoon Haas says you can call her office if you any questions about tomorrow's blood drive.