Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

During Monday night's Kankakee City Council meeting, the council agreed to a new contract with the union that represents Kankakee Firefighters. Curtis says firefighters will get pay increases for asso...

Residents in Gilman may notice rust colored water coming from the tap in the next few days. Officials are flushing the hydrants in Gilman this week. To clear up the water, authorities say just allow t...

Authorities believe an autistic St. Anne woman with a speech impediment may now be getting help from members of the community in an effort not to be found. 25 year old Katelyn Marie Contreras hasn't b...

A Bourbonnais woman has been arrested in Grundy County for bringing contraband into a penal institution, possession of meth and retail theft. 41 year old Jennifer McGee was arrested after she allegedl...

The Daily Journal reports that two people in school district 111 have died from covid 19, one of them a student. The student was identified by school district officials only as a Jr. High student who ...

Amita St. Mary's Rx Mobile Food Pantry will be at St. Rose Church from three til five Tuesday afternoon. The free food pantry provides fresh produce, milk, eggs and meat on the first Tuesday of every ...

The Iroquois County Public Health Department has another COVID-19 vaccination clinic scheduled for seven til nine o'clock Wednesday morning. Vaccinations will be available by appointment or walk-in fo...

A contingent of Riverside Medical Center workers opposed to the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine mandate showed up in numbers great enough to fill the Kankakee City Council chambers last night. Most were t...

The Kankakee City Council rejected a push by Mayor Chris Curtis to slow the growth of video gaming cafes. An ordinance was brought to the the council that would put a moratorium on issuing liquor lice...

The first round of Back to Business grants for small businesses has been handed out by the State of Illinois. Economic Alliance of Kankakee County President and CEO Tim Nugent says the county didn't d...