Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

If you're looking for a way to while away the hours this weekend, Meegan Massey, Marketing Coordinator for the Kankakee County Convention and Visitors Bureau has a suggestion for you:

A Joliet man has been found guilty of striking a Dwight police officer in Livingston County Court. Police were called to the Amtrak Station in Dwight in November of 2019 where the conductor asked that...

An arrest warrant for a Kankakee City police officer has been quashed after her appearance in Kankakee County Court Tuesday. The Daily Journal reports Officer Marisha Costello initially failed to appe...

A Rantoul man who police say shot and killed a 32 year old Blake L. Williams of Buckley this week after Williams allegedly forced his way into man's home is facing weapons charges. 51 year old Antonio...

Illinois State Police report the arrest of a Kankakee man for allegedly taking a poke at a trooper. State Police reports say it was just after 8:30 last night, the trooper responded to assist Kankakee...

Federal authorities have arrested a 28-year-old Wilmington man on child sex charges. In a press release Wednesday, the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois said Ryan Zelek was ar...

There's a train versus car crash at Route 50 and County Line Road north of Manteno. A helicopter has been called in to transport a victim to the hospital. At this time it appears everyone on board the...

As of this morning, Kankakee County has joined the majority of the counties in Illinois in the High Transmission category for COVID-19. According to the Kankakee County Health Department's Facebook Pa...

The Lake County Fair continues today in Crown Point Indiana. Arlene Marsineck, Fair Board Secretary has a rundown of today's events: The Lake County Fair runs through Sunday at the Fairgrounds in Crow...

Just after 1:30 Tuesday afternoon City Police were called to a business on Riverstone Parkway for an alleged shoplifter. When they got there officers were told the man had taken off heading west behin...