79th District Illinois State Representative Jackie Haas will hold a shred event and diaper donation drive tomorrow. Representative Haas says the event will run from 10 to Noon Saturday in Downtown Kankakee. Haas says you can call her office for more information or visit her website at rephaas.com

"No Kings Day" protests are planned across the country tomorrow in opposition to President Trump's military parade. Member of Kankakee Indivisible Gary Ciaccio, says there's even a rally planned at the Kankakee County Courthouse tomorrow. Ciaccio says more information about tomorrow's rally is on the Kankakee...

Recent rains have helped lessen drought concerns across the area. The latest map released Thursday by the US Drought monitor describes 94 percent of Kankakee County and 21 percent of Iroquois County as abnormally dry. An improvement from last week where the majority of both counties were considered to be in "moder...

Authorities have released the name of the man thought to be responsible for setting a fire overnight. Kankakee City Fire Department Personnel were called to a home in the 400 block of South Elm just after 12:30 this morning for a garage fire. When they got there, firefighters found the detached garage on fire and anot...

Michael Madigan will learn his fate today. The former Illinois House Speaker is set to be sentenced in Chicago federal court after he was found guilty in February to bribery and other corruption counts. Federal prosecutors have asked for a 12-and-a-half year prison sentence. Madigan was the longest-serving state Hou...

Kankakee City Fire Department Personnel were called to a home in the 400 block of South Elm just after 12:30 this morning for a garage fire. When they got there, firefighters found the detached garage on fire and another small fire in the alley. Reports say the fire was put out quickly and investigators with the help o...

It's Friday the 13th, time to find out what's going on in Kankakee County this weekend. With that, here's Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

An update on the Kankakee River Aroma Park Sediment removal project was given at this morning's County Highways and Waterways Committee Meting. Kankakee County Engineer Greg Heiden says there's a chance it could be finished in the next 30 days.

The Kankakee County Highways and Waterways Committee voted in favor to spend up to seventy five thousand dollars for a river rescue boat to share with the Limestone Fire Protection District at this morning's meeting. County Program Manager Eric Cavender said the boat will help enhance response times to river emergencie...

Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe held his 6th Annual Senior Safety Fair today at the Quality Inn in Bradley. Rowe said he was very happy with the turnout. The senior safety fair wrapped up at 1 o'clock today with more than 70 vendors on site.

Kankakee City Police have arrested a person who allegedly was involved with a shots fired incident on May 14th. According to police reports, 31 year old Howard Johnson was taken into custody yesterday for alleged weapons related charges to a shots fired incident that occurred May 14th in the 400 block of North East Ave...

A stabbing allegedly occurred early this morning on Kankakee's north side. According to city police reports, officers were called to the 100 block of north eighth avenue for a report of someone being stabbed. When police got there, the victim was seen walking on West Stone Street and North Eighth Avenue. Officers could...

A new lawn mower was allegedly stolen out of someone's garage on Kankakee's north side yesterday afternoon. City Police reports say officers were called to a detached garage in the 100 block of north entrance avenue around one yesterday afternoon about an alleged burglary. The homeowner claims sometime since Tuesday mo...

Governor JB Pritzker is set to testify today before Congress about the state's immigration policies. The governor will appear before the U.S. House Oversight Committee, alongside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson testified before the committee in March about...

The Kankakee Municipal Band Summer Concert Series continues tonight at the Palzer Band Shell in Bird Park. Municipal Band Conductor Bob Evans. The Municipal Band holds concerts every Thursday evening now through August.

53rd District Illinois State Senator Chris Balkema addressed the Iroquois County Board Tuesday morning. One of the topics Balkema discussed was property taxes. Balkema also said we need to find a way to make Illinois a business friendly state.

At this morning's Kankakee County Board Criminal Justice Committee Meeting, State's Attorney Jim Rowe said their has been a huge increase in drug cases. Especially ones that involve methamphetamine. Rowe says when individuals are using methamphetamine, they've seen that connected now to a number of extremely violent cr...

At this morning's Kankakee County Board Criminal Justic Committee Meeting, State's Attorney Jim Rowe said the amount of felony cases seen by a grand jury this year are up from last year's numbers. Rowe added there has also be a substantial increase in drug cases seen in Kankakee County Courts with most of them connecte...

A person was apparently struck in the head with a hammer after a verbal fight early yesterday morning on Kankakee's south side. According to city police reports, officers were called to the parking lot of a nearby business at 1601 River Road in reference to a battery that occurred at a gas station on Riverstone Court. ...

Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe is hosting his 6th Annual Senior Safety Fair 9am to 1pm tomorrow at the Quality Inn Hotel in Bradley. Rowe says it's free to attend and no registration is required. You can contact the Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office is you have any questions about tomorrow's Senior S...