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Fire damages apartment building Kankakee City Fire Department personnel were called to a fire in an apartment in the 200 block of Crestlane Monday night. According to reports, it was just before 10 last night when firefighters were called to the fire that started when frying food was left unattended on the stove. Repor...
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Man killed in fatal crash identified We have a name now of the motorcyclist killed Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a car on Route 17 west of Kankakee. Illinois State Police say the crash happened just before 10 yesterday morning at Route 17 near 3000 West Road. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner says 31-year-...
Oct 13, 2025
Sister Jean dead at 106 A beloved figure in college basketball is dead at 106. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt was the team chaplain for Loyola-Chicago for decades. She was put in the spotlight back in 2018 as the Ramblers made a Cinderella run to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament, praying with the team before every ...
Oct 10, 2025
Alcohol use up among Illinois teens A recent study shows adolescents in Illinois are drinking alcohol at nearly twice the national average. The Illinois Youth Survey, that's conducted every two years, shows that in 2024 eighth graders were using more alcohol and teens more cannabis. What's perhaps more alarming is th...
Oct 09, 2025
Jasper County Sheriff warns of scam Jasper County Indiana Sheriff Pat Williamson is warning of a scam going around the area. In this scam, the victim gets an email or phone call saying there's a warrant for for your arrest because you didn't show up for jury duty Trustee CJ Boudreau explained the differences between ...
Oct 08, 2025
1 Heart of Stone-Jelly Roll
2 Bottle Rockets-Scotty McCreery feat. Hootie & Blowfish
3 I Got Better-Morgan Wallen
4 Bar None-Jordan Davis
5 Back In The Saddle-Luke Combs
6 Darlin’-Chase Matthew
7 Happen To Me – Russell Dickerson
8 Heavens to Betsy-Jackson Dean
9 Somewhere Over Laredo-Lainey Wilson
10 What Kinda Man-Parker McCollum
11 Friday Night Heartbreaker-Jon Pardi
12 Hands of Time-Eric Church
13 3,2,1-Tucker Wetmore
14 Cowgirl – Parmalee
15 House Again-Hudson Westbrook
16 Good Times and Tan Lines – Zach Top
17 Don’t Mind If I Do-Riley Green and Ella Langley
18 Straight Line-Keith Urban
19 It Won’t Be Long-George Birge
20 Favorite Country Song – HARDY
21 Stay Country or Die Tryin’-Blake Shelton
22 6 Months Later-Megan Moroney
23 I Dare You-Rascal Flatts & Jonas Bros
24 Time’s Ticking-Justin Moore
25 How Far Does A Goodbye Go-Jason Aldean
26 Golden Child-Meghan Patrick
27 What He’ll Never Have-Dylan Scott
28 Better Me For You-Max McNown
29 Weak-Preston Cooper
30 You Had To Be There-Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney