Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

City police were called to a domestic dispute at an apartment in the 300 block of South Poplar early Monday morning. Upon arrival the officer spoke with the woman of the home who said Silvester D. Rio...

There's another gun on the streets of Kankakee. The 9 mm semi-automatic was stolen last night from a car left unlocked in the 600 block of East Broadview Drive. The gun's owner said he left the weapon...

Damage is estimated at between 30 and 40 thousand dollars from a fire that began about 2:30 this afternoon in a vacant, boarded up home in the 500 block of South Moore. Kankakee Fire said when firefig...

Firefighters are battling a blaze in Pembroke Township this afternoon. Kankakee County Sheriff's police tell us a detached garage fire erupted near 500 north and 17,000 East. No word yet on damage, a ...

Damage was minimal and no one was hurt when an ATV erupted into flames on Tuesday inside a garage in Watseka. It happened in the 500 block of North 2nd Street. The owner was able to get the burning al...

The Ford County Chronicle has requested the Illinois Attorney General's Office Public Access Bureau investigate an alleged violation of the Illinois open meetings act by the Loda Village board. Accord...

For the second consecutive month, the Kankakee County area leads the state in unemployment. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports a jobless rate of 6.5 percent in February. That's sli...

A Goose Lake, Illinois man was arrested last week in Elwood for allegedly using one stolen vehicle to steal another. According to court documents police were called to Rt. 53 and Huff Road in the earl...

Water and sewer utility rates are going up in Coal City. The Coal City Village Board has approved an increase of 7 percent. That's much higher than the nearly 3 percent increase of last year. Village ...

If you live and vote in Will County the Will County State's Attorney's office has set up an Election Fraud Hotline. The office hopes voters will report any irregularities they may witness during next ...