The Kankakee Municipal Band summer concert series continues tonight at seven o'clock the Palzer Band Shell in Bird Park. Guest conductor tonight is Carl Domelick and he gives us a rundown of tonight's concert The free summer concert series runs now through August 6th

Visit Kankakee County and the Kankakee County Museum will host their "Reflections of Kankakee County: History Bus Tour" on Saturday July 18th. Visit Kankakee County Executive Director Angelina Gear has more The bus leaves the Kankakee County Museum at 9 in the morning on Saturday the 18th and returns at two i...

Aqua Illinois, the utility company that provides water to most of Kankakee County, is looking to raise their rates. Capital News Illinois reports Aqua has asked state regulators to approve a 26.5 million dollar rate increase, which would raise average combined water treatment and supply bills by about twenty-three doll...

There are some business moves going on between Manteno and Kankakee. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Frank's Appliance Center and Sleepsource announced they will close their storefront on Main Street in Manteno. Frank's last day in Manteno will be July 18th and that the decision was made so their team could all be und...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police report another copper theft occurred earlier this week. Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski. Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could results in a cash reward

Kankakee City Council passed two resolutions Monday night for two honorary street designations. Mayor Chris Curtis said the first one was to designate the 700 Block of South Harrison Avenue as "Frank Lloyd Wright Way". Nelson's wife, Ruby, was there to accept the designation. Nelson also served in the Army du...

Governor JB Pritzker is designating the black and gold bumblebee as the official Illinois State Bee. The designation was part of a law signed by the governor. The black and gold bumblebee serves as a critical prairieland pollinator that boosts Illinois' natural ecosystem, supports agriculture, and helps sustain life ...

Chicago media reports say the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency conducted a search warrant yesterday morning at an animal hospital in Lowell, Indiana. WGN TV says they DEA told them the search was part of an ongoing investigation related to alleged diversion of controlled substances. The Lowell Animal Hospital posted o...

You may have noticed construction on Kankakee's East Riverwalk project has slowed up the past three weeks or so. City Engineer Neil Piggush explained at Monday night's city council meeting that more soil testing needed to be conducted in order to move forward. Piggush says they hope to resume work on the East Riverwalk...

Jasper County Indiana Sheriff's Police report that four people were sent to the hospital after a two vehicle crash Sunday in Remington. According to a press release, deputies were called to the wreck just before 12:30 Sunday afternoon at US Highway 231 and I-65, near the southbound off ramp in Remington. 21-year-old Ja...

A Kankakee man alleges a co-worker pointed a gun at him on the city's east side Monday morning. According to Kankakee City Police reports, officers were called to the 1600 Block of East Eagle Street around 6:15 Monday morning for a weapons call. While en route, KanComm told officers that the caller had been threatened ...

The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow with no one having matched all of last night's winning numbers. That means the top-prize for Friday's Mega Millions drawing will be at least 604-million dollars. No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since St. Patrick's Day. It has also been awhile since someone collect...

Federal Health officials are looking for the source behind a parasitic illness causing severe symptoms. According to the CDC, cyclosporiasis [[ sye-klo-spor-eye-uh-sis ]] is a type of food poisoning caused by a parasite, and symptoms usually occur within two to 14 days after ingestion. The CDC first learned of large cl...

A Rantoul man is accused of threatening to injure U.S. military personnel and their families. Kevin Baskis faces two counts of making threatening interstate communications. Prosecutors say Baskis made threatening interstate phone calls last week from Rantoul to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Baskis was arrested on Ju...

There will be some new stop signs going up in the Village of Bourbonnais. During last night's Village Board meeting, trustees okayed an ordinance to place stop signs at nine intersections in the Village. Village Public Works Director Terry Memenga Memenga said the signs should be in place by the end of the week. Also a...

During last night's Bourbonnais Village Board meeting, the administration addressed recent criticism of this year's mosquito abatement program. Village Director of Public Works Terry Memenga Memenga added the Village will still be active with the larvae abatement program in hopes of keeping the mosquito population down...

There is still a fog in the air about who is the acting Village Attorney in the Village of Manteno. At last night's Village Board meeting, Mayor Annette LaMore requested that Joseph Cainkar be removed from the board table by Police Chief Alan Swinford and taken to crowd seating. Both refused to do so. Mayor LaMore cite...

At Monday night's Kankakee City Council meeting, aldermen passed a resolution to sign an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation on the construction of the new I-57 interchange at Route 17. City Engineer Neil Piggush says even though the project is mostly funded by state and federal dollars, the city w...

Three people were injured Sunday evening, during an attempted armed robbery on Kankakee's near South Side. According to reports, it was just before 9:30 last night when officers were called to the 15-hundred block of East Bourbonnais for a roll-over accident. When they got there, the victim told them he, another man an...

Kankakee County residents now have more time to apply for physical damage disaster loans through the U.S. Small Business administration to help recover from the March 10th storms. In a press release from the Kankakee County Board, the SBA has extended the loan application deadline for residents, businesses, and nonprof...