There is no lack of activities around Kankakee County this weekend. With a look at a few of the events. here's Angelina Gear, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

The State Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is taking applications for tourism grants. Visit Kankakee County Executive Director Angelina Gear says the grants help communities like Kankakee County promote the places, events and experiences that make the area unique Gear says you can find out more on the Il...

Illinois turkey hunters are breaking records. Turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of nearly 21-thousand wild turkeys during the 2026 spring turkey season. That surpasses the previous record of just over 18-thousand birds harvested last year. The top counties for turkey harvest during the 2026 season ...

The Community Foundation of Kankakee River Valley held its annual luncheon yesterday at the Kankakee Country Club. Executive Director Nicole Smolkovich says the foundation gives grants to local non-profits Grants were handed out yesterday from the community works fund and the Rosie fund, with about 20 local non-profits...

Gas prices across Illinois are dropping now that Memorial Day is in the rear view mirror. Triple-A says a gallon of regular no-lead gas is running four-dollars-83 cents across the Land of Lincoln. That's down 15 cents over last Friday's price. Triple-A says gas in the Kankakee area is running 4.74 on average, about 12 ...

The Bourbonnais Township Park District's annual Family Night Out is coming up Friday at the Perry Farm. Exploration Station Manager Lindsey Patterson says it runs from six til eight Friday night Family Night Out costs 10 dollars per carload to get in. There's more at BTPD.org

Hoosier gas prices are the lowest in the entire United States. Triple-A says the statewide average price is currently three-dollars-81-cents a gallon, well below the national average of four-dollars-42-cents and the Illinois average of four-dollars-86 cents a gallon. Indiana Governor Mike Braun has suspended Indiana'...

Kankakee County law enforcement authorities report an arrest in connection with that alleged dog fighting ring they broke up over the weekend. In a press release, the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office says 45-year-old Billy E Walker was officially charged Wednesday with 18 counts of dog fighting, two counts of animal t...

Kankakee City Police are investigating after a man allegedly threatened some juveniles with a gun over the weekend. According to reports, it was just after 8:30 Sunday night when officers were called to an address on Patrick where a group of juveniles said a man in a silver SUV approached them, showed them a firearm an...

This year's Iroquois County property tax bills have been mailed. According to a press release from Iroquois County Treasurer Kurt Albers, the due date for the first installment of property taxes is July 10th. The second installment will be due September 11th. After the due dates, a one-and-a-half percent penalty is add...

Illinois State Police report a drug arrest Friday night on I-57 near Kankakee. According to reports, troopers saw a White Chevy Tahoe commit a violation near exit 322 in Manteno around eight Friday night. Troopers initiated a traffic stop at an intersection in Kankakee and that's when the driver attempted to flee the s...

At a recent Kankakee County Board Criminal Justice Committee meeting, State's Attorney Jim Rowe addressed recent funding cuts Kankakee School District 111 made to his office's after-school and summer programs for kids. Rowe said they are trying to figure out the funding and that there are some grants available to have ...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are looking into the theft of a camping trailer from an address in Pembroke Township. With our Crime Stoppers Tip of the Week, here's Kankakee County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could result in a cash reward.

That Bradley teenager reported missing Tuesday afternoon has been located. Tuesday afternoon Bradley Police posted on Facebook, asking for help to find 17-year-old Izayah Rios-Richey who had last been seen in the area of Perry Farm heading toward Coyne Street in Bourbonnais. The post said Rios-Richey was thought to be ...

An investigation is underway after the Stratton Building and the Illinois State Museum was placed on lockdown. The Secretary of State's Office says Secretary of State Police identified a suspicious device yesterday morning in the parking lot of the Capitol Complex. A lockdown was issued for the Stratton Building and ...

A Corrections officer and another person are dead and two others are in critical condition following a crash in Momence early Sunday morning. Momence Police say it was about two Sunday morning when they were called to the area of Maple and Washington for a one-car crash where the car had hit a tree. Two people died at ...

Fire severely damaged a home in rural Grant Park Friday night. In a press release, Grant Park Fire says they were called to the home on East 85-hundred North Road just after six Friday night. When they got there, firefighters say they found heavy smoke coming from the front of the house and fire coming from a basement ...

Firefighters from throughout the area were called to a fire at a home in Patriot Lane in Crete Monday afternoon. The fire started about 2:30 yesterday afternoon and caused significant damage to the home near Crete-Monee High School. No other information is available at this time.

A 63-year-old Rensselaer man was killed Saturday in a crash between his motorcycle and a car in rural Jasper County. In a Facebook post, Jasper County Deputies say they were called to Route 14 and County road 11-hundred West in rural Rensselaer just after 4:30 Saturday afternoon by a person who said they'd come across ...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police report they've broken up a suspected dog fighting ring in Pembroke Township. In a press release, the sheriff's department says it was just before midnight Friday night when officers from the Sheriff's Office, Kankakee County Animal Control and agents from the Kankakee Area Metropolitan ...