Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

A commission with six Hoosiers and five people from Illinois will examine the possibility of Indiana accepting several counties from Illinois after voters there approved seceding from the state. Illin...

Bradley Police have released the names of the three people found dead in a home early Monday morning. According to the press release, all three victims were related. 89 year old Wayne McCarty, 88 year...

Governor JB Pritzker selected a new running mate for the 2026 campaign. Capitol News Illinois reports former Deputy Governor Christian Mitchell is joining the ticket. Mitchell oversaw energy, infrastr...

The Kankakee River Fishing Derby is underway and continues through Sunday. During the Derby Dollar Days today, Darrin Young of Manteno caught a 17 pound, 14 ounce flathead catfish and Chaz Sollers of ...

Members of the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office and the Kankakee County Emergency Response Team assisted the Herscher Police Department with a few arrests on Monday.The first arrest happened around 4:...

Bradley Police have released the names of the three people found dead in a home early Monday morning. According to the press release, all three victims were related. 89 year old Wayne McCarty, 88 year...

New laws go into effect today in Illinois. The state's gas tax is going up to just over 48-cents per gallon. That makes Illinois the second-highest gas tax rate in the country. There will also be tax ...

Smoking in Indiana is more expensive starting today. The state's cigarette tax has risen from nearly one-dollar to around three-dollars, which is a 200-percent increase. The hike is part of the 2025 s...

Federal prosecutors are calling for one of the so-called "ComEd Four" to be sentenced to more than four and a half years in prison. The recommendation for John Hooker comes more than two years after h...

More than 72-million Americans are expected to travel for the Fourth of July holiday. Triple-A says most will travel by car with the busiest travel days being tomorrow and Sunday, July 6th. The TSA ex...