Governor JB Pritzker says he's still optimistic the Bears will stay in Illinois. The governor says there is a "broad agreement" about legislation that would allow the team to negotiate what it pays in property taxes for the proposed stadium in Arlington Heights. A committee hearing on that legislation is sche...

A grain company in Ford County faces more than 270-thousand dollars in fines after federal inspectors said they violated safety standards. WCIA in Champaign says the Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an inspection into Gibson City's Alliance Grain Company last September after a seasonal worker was in...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are looking into a burglary to a tool shed in rural St. Anne. With our Crime Stoppers tip of the week, here's Kankakee County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski. Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could result in a cash reward.

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force reports the arrest of a Kankakee man in connection to the theft of two cars. According to reports, 19-year-old Ethan J. Smith had been a suspect in the theft of a Ford Escape in the 300 block of North Schuyler Avenue early Monday morning. Then, just before seven last night a Dodge ...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are investigating an alleged burglary to a shed on South River Road. According to reports, it was just before 11 Monday morning when deputies spoke to the owner of the shed who said he'd been there Sunday and everything was okay, but when he returned on Monday it appeared someone had br...