Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

Kankakee City Police report a traffic stop over the weekend ended with officers taking a gun off the streets. According to reports, it was just before 1:30 Saturday morning officers stopped a car driv...

If you have yet to get a covid 19 vaccination for whatever reason, you might want to keep that mask on, because the virus is still killing in Kankakee County. The Kankakee County Health Department Fri...

Three local fire departments in Kankakee County will receive funding through the Small Equipment Grant Program, administered by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal for equipment upgrades The...

Kankakee area congresswoman Robin Kelly announced today that the IRS will continue to provide tax credits to help local small businesses to cover the costs of providing paid sick and family leave for ...

Attorneys for accused killer Jeremy Boshears are crying foul because of an effort by prosecutors to not allow an expert defense witness who is expected to testify that 24 year old Katie Kearns may hav...

Fireworks are a go this year in Kankakee, cancelled last year because of the pandemic, the city today says fireworks return to Kankakee Community College on the 4 th of July. Both the Kankakee Youth a...

An earthquake struck near Montezuma, Indiana today and the shaking was strong enough to be felt in the Kankakee area. The U.S. Geological Survey pegs the quake at 3.8 on the Richter scale and warns th...

A Coal City man was arrested over the weekend after police say he entered a home uninvited and struck a handicapped resident in the head area. Police say 29 year old Raymond Harrison then damaged item...

There's a worsening drought just north of Kankakee County. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows the northern half of Will County is rated abnormally dry and conditions worsen the further north you go...

Iroquois County will be purging their voter registration files this month. In a press release the County Clerk's office says you'll be getting a new voter registration card that you need to check for ...