Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

An employee of a Manteno pest control company has been arrested after his manager after found three guns in his work van, one of them a shotgun. The employee was called in for a meeting Monday morning...

COVID-19 numbers in Indiana are beginning to fall following the omicron surge. The Indiana Department of Public Health reports just over 2,600 cases today, but the number of deaths statewide is still ...

Wilmington Peotone Road was closed for a few hours this morning because of a storm related issue. Police had to shut down the road between Rt. 45 and Old Chicago Road to allow crews to get in there an...

Nancy Rish, convicted along with Danny Edwards in the 1987 killing of Steven Small in Kankakee was in Kankakee County Court today in her continuing effort to be resentenced, both are doing life behind...

A Sangamon County man is facing up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to a crime spree that included the robbery of the Odell Bank in Odell on April 9th. 55 year old John W. Beck of Mechanics...

An Aurora man was arrested this morning after allegedly robbing a gas station in Dwight. It was around 1 this morning when police say 39 year old Curtis Johnson entered the gas station, displayed a ha...

A Morris woman was killed this morning in an accident on Rt. 47 in Dwight. The Grundy County Coroner's office says the victim was leaving a driveway when she was stuck on the driver side by a semi. Th...

A Hoopeston man was charged Monday with reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and driving while distracted in connection with the death of a road construction worker last year. The accident happene...

A Fowler, Indiana man is facing child porn charges following a two week investigation by Indiana State Police that revealed 36 year old Jonathon Cavanagh allegedly attempted to solicit nude photos fro...

For the 9th consecutive month, the unemployment rate in Kankakee County fell last month. The Illinois Department of Employment Security puts the December number as 4.9 percent, that's down from 7.5 pe...