Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

Recent rains have helped lessen drought concerns across the area. The latest map released Thursday by the US Drought monitor describes 94 percent of Kankakee County and 21 percent of Iroquois County a...

Authorities have released the name of the man thought to be responsible for setting a fire overnight. Kankakee City Fire Department Personnel were called to a home in the 400 block of South Elm just a...

Michael Madigan will learn his fate today. The former Illinois House Speaker is set to be sentenced in Chicago federal court after he was found guilty in February to bribery and other corruption count...

Kankakee City Fire Department Personnel were called to a home in the 400 block of South Elm just after 12:30 this morning for a garage fire. When they got there, firefighters found the detached garage...

It's Friday the 13th, time to find out what's going on in Kankakee County this weekend. With that, here's Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

An update on the Kankakee River Aroma Park Sediment removal project was given at this morning's County Highways and Waterways Committee Meting. Kankakee County Engineer Greg Heiden says there's a chan...

The Kankakee County Highways and Waterways Committee voted in favor to spend up to seventy five thousand dollars for a river rescue boat to share with the Limestone Fire Protection District at this mo...

Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe held his 6th Annual Senior Safety Fair today at the Quality Inn in Bradley. Rowe said he was very happy with the turnout.   The senior safety fair wrappe...

Kankakee City Police have arrested a person who allegedly was involved with a shots fired incident on May 14th. According to police reports, 31 year old Howard Johnson was taken into custody yesterday...

A stabbing allegedly occurred early this morning on Kankakee's north side. According to city police reports, officers were called to the 100 block of north eighth avenue for a report of someone being ...