Fortitude Community Outreach, an organization that helps the homeless in Kankakee County, has received a 20-thousand dollar grant from the Illinois Treasurer's Office. According to a press release from Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs last Thursday, Fortitude was one of ten grant recipients in the latest round of hi...

Community College Bachelor's Degree Legislation is set to return to Springfield soon. According to a press release from the Illinois Community College Board, Senate Bill 4034 and House Bill 5319 will come back this Spring in an effort to expand opportunities for Illinois students. Kankakee Community College President D...

A shots fired call early Wednesday morning led Kankakee City Police to find a person had been stabbed. According to reports, city police responded to the shots fired call just after one yesterday morning in the 100 block of North Evergreen Avenue. When officers arrived, one spent shell casing was found on the east side...

Kankakee City Police responded to an alleged battery outside a business in the 200 block of East Court Street Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, officers arrived on the scene just after 1:30 Tuesday afternoon to speak with the victim who stated he went out to his car to put his jacket away when 26-year-old Charle...

A 43-year-old Lockport man is dead, the result of a motorcycle crash over the weekend. Will County Coroner Laurie Summers says Michael T. Pew was pronounced dead just after five Saturday night following the crash at 10th and State Street in Lockport. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

No one was injured when a semi and car crashed near Grant Park Wednesday morning. Illinois State Police say it was just after 8:30 yesterday morning when the two collided at the intersection of Route 17 and Vincennes Trail. No other information was provided about the crash.

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are investigating after a man called them Tuesday evening to say he'd been beaten. When deputies got to the address on West 1000 North Road, the victim told them he'd just gotten out of jail when the friends that picked him up took him to the area of 9000 West and 5000 North where four ...

Bradley Police arrested a Kankakee man Sunday for an alleged burglary to a business. According to reports, officers were called to a burglary in progress at a business in the 1000 block of East Liberty Street around 6:30 Sunday morning. Officers located a possible suspect in the 300 block of South Bradley Boulevard and...

Bradley Police report the arrest of a Kankakee man Saturday after he allegedly battered one of their officers. According to reports, officers responded to a business in the 100 block of South Kennedy Drive around 5:30 Saturday night in reference to an unruly customer. When police arrived, they spoke with a woman sittin...

Bradley Police report a burglary to a home on Monday. According to reports, officers were called to a home in the 1300 Block of Potomac Place Monday for the burglary. When they arrived, the caller stated they had left their house for a few hours and when they came back, found it had been burglarized. Officers did not s...

The cost of gas is going up. According to Triple-A the average cost for a gallon of regular no-lead gas is three-dollar 22 cents across the Kankakee area, up some 13 cents since yesterday and up nearly 40 cents in the past week. Gas is running 3.26 a gallon on average in Iroquois, County, 3.27 in Ford County and 3.41 a...

It's a sure sign that spring can't be far off. During this week's Bourbonnais Village Board meeting, trustees voted on a pair of resolutions to close some streets in the Village for both the Friendship Festival Children's Parade and the Grand Parade. Bourbonnais Mayor Jeff Keast. The resolutions cover the closure for t...

The Kankakee County Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service are teaming up for a free training this Thursday. Kankakee County EMA Director Becky Powell. The free program starts at six Thursday night in the main auditorium at KCC. Powell says there is no need to register ahead of time, you can just ...

Kankakee City Police report a shots fired incident Monday afternoon. According to reports, it was about a quarter past three Monday afternoon when officers were called by a man who said he'd been looking out his window when he saw his neighbor with something that looked like a pistol. The man said his neighbor chambere...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are investigating after several items were stolen from a business just west of Kankakee. Reports say it was about 10 Monday night when deputies were called to the business on two-thousand South Road. When they got there, the victim said someone had entered through the main gate and had ...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are looking into a recent burglary. With our Crime Stoppers Tip of the Week, here's Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski. Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could result in a cash reward.

The Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce held their annual State of the County event at Olivet Nazarene University's Chalfant Hall today. Chamber President and CEO Kelsey Post says the annual event that features various presentations from county officials has been going on for around 14 years now. Kankakee County Board ...

The Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce held their annual State of the County event at Olivet Nazarene University's Chalfant Hall today. Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe was one of the presenters this year. Around 250 people attended today's State of the County event.

The Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce held their annual State of the County event at Olivet Nazarene University's Chalfant Hall today. Kankakee County Board Chairman Matt Alexander-Hildebrand was one of the presenters this year. Alexander-Hildebrand went onto say he'd like to thank all Kankakee County employees and e...

A resolution to approve the transfer of six hundred thousand dollars over from the Village of Manteno's general fund to it's special project fund has been approved. The goal of moving the funds is to be able to help bear the cost of Manteno's share of the I57 overpass. The fund is considered a non restricted fund, mean...