Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

Neither Kankakee nor Bradley Police have commented today on a couple of reports of shots being fired last night. Sources telling us shots rang out in the 400 block of South Rosewood in Kankakee and we...

A Channahon man was arrested in Morris over the weekend after he allegedly kicked a police officer in the leg. 24 year old Thomas Manion Jr. was pulled over for speeding on Rt. 47 and Pine Bluff Road ...

After observing a vehicle drive at a high rate of speed through an alley and then blow a stop sign last night, police pulled over the vehicle in the 200 block of North Wildwood in Kankakee and ended u...

Richard Simms who pleaded guilty to stealing some 2 million dollars from Kankakee's environmental Services Utilities Department and the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency from October of 2014 to April...

The Kankakee County health department reports a total of 400 new cases of covid 19 and four additional deaths in Kankakee County between September 7th and September 14. That brings the total case coun...

The Village of Bourbonnais is once again asking for input on improvements in the Village. During last night's Village Board meeting, Village Administrator Mike VanMill said they're looking for input a...

In a dramatic reversal of position last night, the Kankakee City Council voted 11 to 1 to approve a proposal by Fortitude Community Outreach to operate a 5 night a week homeless shelter for the winter...

Bourbonnais residents are about to see a change in their garbage and sewer bill. During last night's Bourbonnais Village Board meeting, Village Administrator Mike VanMill reminded residents of the cha...

Nearly two months after the resignation of Kankakee 7th Ward Alderman Fred Tetter, the City Council last night voted to accept the appointment by Mayor Chris Curtis of Reginald D. Jones to the open se...

A few more details now on that fire yesterday that destroyed St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Beecher. In a press release, Beecher Fire says an EMS crew had been called to the church about 1:30 Sunday af...