During Wednesday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Criminal Justice Committee, 21st Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Bill Dickenson gave an update on planned renovations to the Court House. The planned reconstruction is expected to cost some six-million-dollars and include things like a new back-up generator...

During Wednesday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Criminal Justice Committee, County Sheriff Mike Downey noted another issue with the SAFE-T Act's pre-trial release mandates. Downey noted the courts have started to issue sanction against people for not showing up to court or violating pre-trial release.

Registration is underway for United Way's upcoming "2026 Women United Breakfast". The United Way's Development Manager Melina Pizano has more. Tickets are available at myunitedway.org.

An off-duty Watseka Firefighter has died. According to a Facebook post from the Watseka Fire Department, Dakota Schroeder passed away today after a battle with brain cancer. Schroeder dedicated over six years of service to the Watseka Fire Department. Visitation for Schroder will be held Friday from four to seven at Ba...

Another of those Secret Food Pantry mobile pop-up events is scheduled for the Village of Bourbonnais today. This one runs from 11 until noon at the location on Briarcliff Lane. Organizers of the event ask for a five-dollar donation, ask you show up no more than a half-hour before the event starts and you follow the rou...

Jasper County Indiana Sheriff's Police report the arrest of a Wheatfield man on drug charges. In a Facebook post, Jasper County Deputies say they saw 47-year-old William S. Johnson of Wheatfield sitting in a pick-up truck in the Wheatfield area and knew him to be wanted on an outstanding warrant. When they approached t...

The Indiana man accused in the murder of 30-year-old Courtney Drysdale in rural Momence last week appeared in Kankakee County Court for the first time today. 47-year-old Julius E. Burkes Junior appeared via Zoom from the Jerome Combs Detention Center in front of Judge Andrew Purcell. Judge Purcell ruled to detain Burke...

A traffic stop Monday evening netted Kankakee City Police a drug arrest. According to reports, just before 7:30 last night, officers stopped an SUV in the 600 block of East Chestnut for a traffic violation. During the stop, the driver of the car okayed a search and that search allegedly turned up a plastic container un...

During this yesterday morning's Kankakee County Board meeting, the Board voted to abate some taxes for the payable 2026 Fiscal Year. County Board Chairman Matt Alexander-Hildebrand explains. The Board also voted this morning to increase fees paid for environmental health services from the County Health Department.

The Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force reports the arrest of a Bourbonnais man after he was caught driving an allegedly stolen car. Reports say the car had been reported stolen from a mobile home park in rural Bourbonnais and Monday a Task Force member drove up behind it on Schuyler Avenue. That officer, along with a Sta...