Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

Bond had been set at 50,000 dollars for a Wilmington man charged with allegedly battering a woman and holding her at the point of gun. This happened Sunday night at an apartment in the 200 block of No...

A former Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School student is at the beginning of a journey that could end with the birth of a new star. 19 year old Gina Miles has made it to the blind audition round on NBC's "...

As part of a burglary investigation, Jasper County Sheriff's Police Department is asking anyone with a video surveillance system that lives in the area of County Road 600 west and 700 west to review y...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports that Kankakee County had the highest unemployment rate in the state for January, coming in at 6.1 percent. Rockford has held the number 1 spot fo...

A two vehicle accident in Jasper County has claimed the life of a Crown Point man. According to Jasper County Sheriff's police a semi hauling a flatbed twp steel coils was exiting a truck stop at Stat...

Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe was before the Illinois Supreme Court today arguing the constitutionality of the so-called Safe-T Act. Under the law judges could no longer require bail be pa...

Bond has been set at 750,000 dollars for a Gibson City man charged with shooting at a house. 20 year old Charles Steven Hardwick was arrested on March 3rd after he allegedly fired at an occupied home ...

A Milford area woman who was charged with using a University of Illinois employee credit card and spending over 10,000 dollars renting a car for herself and buying gas, pleaded guilty on Friday and wa...

The left lane of I-65 in White County, Indiana has reopened at U.S. 231 after an oversized load struck the 231 overpass. U.S. 231 and the right lane of 65 remains closed this evening. The Indiana Depa...

Newton County Sheriff's Deputies say there is a bad mix of smack currently going around Newton County that has resulted in numerous drug overdose calls and 4 overdose deaths. You are advised to stay a...