Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

There have been a series of car burglaries in the Vilalge recently, and at last night's Bourbonnais Village Board meeting Police Chief Jim Phelps had some advice for village residents Phelps says ther...

Iroquois County Sheriff's Police report a pair of arrests have been made in connection with that body found in a fuel tanker outside Buckley back in June. In a press release, Iroquois County Sheriff's...

Wilmington Police are asking for help to find what they describe as a "missing and endangered juvenile". Wilmington Police say 17-year-old Jacob Mackenzie was last seen Sunday afternoon in the area of...

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...

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...

Kankakee City Police are asking for help in finding the person responsible for a hit-and-run accident Saturday night that killed a woman. City Police say Vernessa Calhoun was walking in the one-thousa...

The City of Kankakee is still looking for input from city residents on what should be done with the more than 14-and-a-half million dollars awarded to the City from the American Rescue Plan Act. Mayor...

Kankakee County's Website is getting a complete makeover. The county is contracting with CivicPlus to develop what would be a much more user friendly and interactive website with improved esthetics an...

A Hoopeston man has been sentenced to 6 years behind bars after pleading guilty to robbery. In exchange for the guilty plea a charge of aggravated robbery was dismissed against 38 year old Mathew Hofe...