Bourbonnais Police arrested a Kankakee man Saturday after he was found parked outside a bar with a gun. Bourbonnais Police say it was just before midnight Saturday night when officers spotted the car parked headed the wrong direction and in a no parking zone near a bar in the Village. As officers approached the car the...

It was an evening of resolutions at last night's Bourbonnais Village Board meeting. Among those, a resolution honoring Bourbonnais K9 officer Knight who recently passed away. Sergeant Timothy Banks was Knight's human partner who said he was touched by the Village Board taking time to honor Knight Knight was the Village...

During last night's Bourbonnais Village Board meeting, trustees passed a proclamation celebrating the visit of Charlotte Montel, the French Consul General in Chicago. Montel said she spent Monday in the Village and was impressed with what she saw While in town the French Consul General visited the Kankakee County Museu...

The Village of Bourbonnais Police Department is one step closer to being fully staffed. During last night's Village Board meeting, Patrolman Joshua Reel was sworn in as the latest officer on the force. Deputy Police Chief Jason Sztuba With the addition of Patrolman Reel, the Bourbonnais Department is one officer away f...

Not enough trustees showed up last night for the Village of Manteno to hold a Board meeting. Absences included trustees CJ Boudreau, Joel Gesky, Todd Crockett, and Annette Zimbelman. Mayor Annette LaMore spoke about the whereabouts of each trustee. LaMore said Trustee Zimbelman was the only trustee she has not heard f...

The second week of testimony in the Xandria Harris murder trial began yesterday as the prosecution rested. Harris faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and child endangerment for allegedly helping her then-boyfriend, Darius Sullivan, in the December 2021 shooting that killed Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic...

The second week of testimony is underway in the Xandria Harris murder trial, which is expected to be the final week of the trial ending this Friday. Harris faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and child endangerment. She is accused of helping her then-boyfriend Darius Sullivan in the December 2021 Br...

Saturday's rain didn't stop a few hundred people from coming out to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Bedford's Playground at Grace Christian Academy in Kankakee. It was just around one year ago that the Erickson family, along with national nonprofit Unlimited Play, began fundraising to build an inclusive playground for ...

A search warrant served at a home in Diamond in late June has resulted in a child porn arrest. In a Facebook post, the Grundy County Sheriff's Office says they helped the FBI serve a search warrant at a home in the 100 block of Kevin Drive in Diamond on June 30th. Deputies say as a result of that search warrant, Duane ...

Let's take a look now at what's going on overhead this week, with our Notable Night Sky News, here's Madeline Shepley, Astronomy Professor and Director of the Strickler Planetarium at Olivet.

The second week of testimony gets underway today in the murder trial of Xandria Harris. Friday afternoon testimony and emotional bodycam footage were presented to the jury. The 30-year-old Harris, is accused of aiding her then boyfriend Darius Sullivan in the 2021 Bradley hotel shooting that killed Bradley Police Serg...

Officials in Indiana say at least seven people are dead after storms caused flash flooding across the state. A record amount of rain caused streams and rivers to flood their banks across the state last week, causing Governor Mike Braun to request a presidential emergency declaration, which President Trump granted. Th...

In Kankakee County Courtroom 309, proceedings continued in the murder trial for 30-year-old Xandria Harris today. Harris is accused of aiding Darius Sullivan in the 2021 shooting death of Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic and the severe wounding of her then-partner, Officer Tyler Bailey. Sullivan was tried and ...

Testimony continues today in the Xandria Harris murder trial. Yesterday's testimony, focused on evidence submitted by the Kankakee County State's attorney's office surrounding the fatal December 2021 police shooting. After a delayed morning session reviewing cell phone records and body cam footage, testimony shifted to...

City Police report someone broke into a gambling establishment early Thursday morning and broke into some of the machines. According to reports, it was just after five yesterday morning when officers were called to the gaming cafe on the 22-hundred block of East Court Street. When they got there, officers say they foun...

Kankakee City Police report a pair of arrests after a person called them to say they'd been robbed. According to reports, it was about 8:30 last night when officers were called to the 100 block of West Court Street for a fight in progress. When they got there, officers were flagged down by a woman who told them the oth...

A Will County man is going to prison for transporting a minor to Illinois to engage in sex. Ryan Zelek was sentenced to 27 years behind bars after pleading guilty last year. Prosecutors say, in 2021, Ryan Zelek communicated with a 13-year-old girl on the social media app Snapchat. Zelek then drove to Iowa, picked up...

The Northern Indiana Public Service Company, or NIPSCO continues to struggle to get power back for tens of thousands of customers in Northwest Indiana. Power is slowly being restored to the region. Meanwhile, Com-Ed says most of their customers in our listening area are back online with only about a thousand customers ...

If you're looking for something to do with the family this weekend, you might take in a planetarium show at Olivet. Planetarium Director Madeline Shepley says show times are 4:30 in the afternoon and six and 7:30 in the evening Saturday night Shepley says doors open 15 minutes before the shows start and tickets are fiv...

The Village of Bourbonnais' 6th Annual Food Truck Fest takes place tomorrow from Noon to Ten at The Grove behind the Municipal Center off Route 102. Village Communications Manager Jakob Knox says they have all kinds of different food. Knox says Food Truck Fest also includes live music, entertainment for the kids, and i...