Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

About 100 people gathered at Brickstone last night as announcements were made for republicans running for re-election to county-wide offices. Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey announced his intentio...

The proposed Brookmont Boulevard Viaduct replacement project was discussed at this week's Kankakee City Budget Committee meeting. The committee heard from engineers that estimated costs have increased...

Richard Simms surrendered himself to Federal Bureau of Prison officials Tuesday to begin serving his sentence for defrauding The Kankakee Environmental Services Utilities Department and the Kankakee R...

Wilmington police are looking for your help in locating a man who robbed a gas station this week. Police say the man was armed when he entered the Gas 4 Less on Baltimore Street about 10 Tuesday night...

Kankakee City Police report a gun arrest. According to reports, officers were called to an apartment in the 200 block of West Chestnut Street about 9:15 Monday morning for a domestic disturbance. When...

Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka has a new president and CEO. The IMH Board of Trustees announced Tuesday that Michael Tilstra has been appointed to the role. Tilstra was born at IMH and lives in...

Illinois is reducing the recommended quarantine time for students and teachers from ten to five days. The change applies to all public and nonpublic schools that serve students in pre-K through 12th g...

A Lake Station, Indiana man has been arrested for aggravated battery and battery resulting in bodily injury in connection with a mid-November fight that resulted in the death of a Hobart Indiana man. ...

A Braceville woman was arrested on drug charges Monday afternoon when a search of her vehicle turned up 125 baggies of heroin weighing over 73 grams. 30 year old Megan O'Leary was pulled over near Ber...

Damage is estimated at 50,000 dollars from a house fire Monday morning in Coal City. Coal City fire said the blaze erupted just after 7 am in the 500 block of Elizabeth Street. The flames were contain...