Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

Congressman Adam Kinzinger has taken a break from Washington D.C. happenings to become a daddy for the first time. Kinzinger, who represents Iroquois County and area's west of Kankakee County, Wednesd...

A Braidwood man being held at the Will County Jail on drug charges is requesting the court lower his 300,000 dollar bail amount. 53 year old Stanley Cochran Jr. was arrested late last month for posses...

A police chase that started with an armed robbery in Pontiac Wednesday ended with a car crash in Kankakee. In a press release, Pontiac Police say they were called to a gas station in Pontiac just befo...

A 37-year-old Rensselaer man was arrested earlier this week on charges related to the death of his wife late last year. According to reports, officers had been investigating the overdose death of Josh...

A Kankakee man is facing weapons charges after he allegedly fired off a couple of rounds outside his apartment about 4:15 this morning at the Sherwood Forest Apartments in the 1100 block of W. Jeffery...

Iroquois County Sheriff's Police report they have one in custody following an early morning shooting Wednesday in Loda. Deputies report the arrest of 22-year-old Colton M. Johnson of Loda who was arre...

Another of those Secret Food Pantry pop-up events is scheduled for today in Bourbonnais. This one runs from 1:30 until 3 this afternoon in the parking lot of the Bourbonnais Municipal Center. The orga...

Kankakee Police Chief Robin Passwater says the investigation continues into the common connection to a party the day of the rash of 7 overdoses. Overall, the city recorded nine overdoses and four susp...

Is too much access to COVID testing in Kankakee a bad thing? The Kankakee City Council says yes and last night they passed an ordinance placing a temporary moratorium on the issuance of business licen...

It took a rare vote from the Mayor, but during last night's Kankakee City Council meeting, aldermen did approve a homeless shelter for veterans. The project will be funded entirely by a grant that mea...