The Board of Commissioners in Benton County Indiana have issued a burn ban. In an executive order signed Monday, the Board of Commissioners said that because of a prolonged period of drought and dried vegetation, concerns have risen about the threat of brush, field and wildfires. The burn ban is in effect from now unti...

During this morning's Kankakee County Board meeting, County Board Chairman Matt Alexander-Hildebrand officially accepted the resignation of Jeffery Ashcraft as representative from County Board District 20. County Clerk Dan Hendrickson read the resignation letter The resignation letter went on to say Ashcraft was thankf...

Manteno Police arrested a 21-year-old Manteno man after he allegedly choked a woman and made unwanted advances toward her. According to reports, it was just after one Monday afternoon when officers were called to the parking lot of a grocery store in Bradley by a woman who said she'd been assaulted at a home in Manteno...

Kankakee City Police say two people are in custody following a shots-fired incident at Beckman Park Monday afternoon. According to reports, officers responded to the park in the 1600 block of Cobb Boulevard just before 3 Monday afternoon for a report of shots fired. Witnesses on the scene told officers two people alleg...