Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

JANUARY The local Menards home improvement store on Christine Drive in Bradley is serving as a drop site for a local food pantry NOW-UNTIL MARCH 31ST. From boxes of cereal to cans of soup, a wide vari...

Notable night Sky News for Monday January 5, 2026 Let's find out now what's going on overhead this week, with our Notable Night Sky News, here's Madeline Shepley, Astronomy Professor and Director of t...

Grant Park Fire battles New Year's Eve Fire There was a fire in rural Grant Park on New Year's Eve. Few details are available, but just before midnight New Years Eve, Grant Park Fire posted on Faceboo...

City Police make arrest in December 21st Homicide Kankakee City Police report they've made an arrest in the December 21st shooting death of a Kankakee man. City Police Tuesday arrested 47-year-old Jos...

Fire displaces family of four Kankakee Fire Department personnel were called out to a house fire in the 13-hundred block of South Kensington Avenue last night. According to reports, the call came in a...

Rough weather spawns Sunday tornadoes The old adage "if you don't like the weather, hang around a little bit, it'll change" is certainly something we've experienced here in the last 24 hours or so. Su...

Arrest reportedly made following a fire in Kankakee Wednesday Kankakee City Fire Department personnel were called out to a home in the one-thousand block of East Maple on Christmas Eve for a garage fi...

Firefighter reported injured battling Tuesday evening blaze There are reports of a firefighter being injured while battling a fire in Essex last night. Few details are available, but what we do know i...

Kankakee Police update weekend homicide Kankakee City Police released more information today about that shooting Sunday evening that took the life of a 35-year-old Kankakee man. In a press release, Ci...

Man shot/killed Sunday evening Kankakee City Police are investigating after a man was shot to death in the City Sunday evening. In a press release, City Police say it was just before six last night wh...