Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

It's an age-old tradition - starting the car and going back inside so the car can warm up before we leave for work or shopping. Local law enforcement wants you to know, that's not always the best idea...

Time now to find out what's happening overhead this week. With our Notable Night Sky News, here's Madelyn Shepley, Astronomy professor and director of the Strickler Planetarium at Olivet Nazarene Univ...

Law enforcement officials in Cedar Lake Indiana say they'll spend part of their day today recovering a pair of UTV's that broke through the ice on a pond in the area. Cedar Lake Police say they were c...

Jasper County Indiana Sheriff's Police report a crash Saturday afternoon took the life of a 19-year-old from LaCrosse Indiana. In a press release, deputies say they were called to the rural intersecti...

If you notice the black bunting on Kankakee City buildings this week, it's to honor the passing of a long-time city Alderman. In a Facebook post, officials say former 4th Ward Alderman Jerry Enright, ...

WIVR has your Jason Aldean Tickets....WIN 'EM BEFORE YOU CAN BUY 'EM!   Jason Aldean is bringing his "Full Throttle Tour" to Credit Union One Amphitheater in Tinley Park Saturday, September 13th ...

Victims of the Wildfires in California are about to get a care package from Kankakee County. N'Tricia Cooke of Bradley was so moved by the devastation she was seeing on television that she decided to ...

Less than a day after he was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday in Kankakee County Court, convicted cop killer Darius Sullivan was transferred from the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee to...

A child is safe after he and his mother went missing in Grundy County. The Grundy County Sheriff's Office says deputies attempted to serve orders Wednesday to Emily Johnson on West Southmor Road in un...

Closing arguments continue in Michael Madigan's landmark corruption trial. Prosecutors yesterday laid out two bribery schemes believed to have involved ComEd and AT&T Illinois. They also discussed...