The National Weather Service is confirming that eight tornadoes hit the Chicago area Wednesday. An EF-1 tornado touched down in Gary, Indiana. Gary also experienced two EF-0 tornadoes later in the day. An EF-0 tornado hit Highland, Indiana, as well as rural southeastern Joliet, the east side of Frankfort and in the ...

Today is the first day of spring for Earth's northern hemisphere, also known as the vernal equinox, . At this point in the planet's annual orbit, the sun appears directly over the equator, producing essentially the same amount of time in daylight and darkness over today's 24 hours. Then, for the northern half of the ...

Will County Sheriff's Police report the arrest of a 28-year-old Lockport man this week on numerous drug and weapons charges. In a press release, Deputies say Wednesday marked the end of a months-long investigation when search warrants were served at two locations associated with Denzel S. Hawthorne of Lockport. At the ...

Nearly 100 people attended a candidates forum last night for candidates in the City of Watseka. Among those on hand for last night's forum, the two men vying to be the next Mayor of Watseka. Candidate Scott Anderson said its all about transparency Both Anderson and Marier are current Aldermen in the City. The election ...

The annual General Membership Meeting and dinner for the Northern Illinois Anglers Association was held last night at the Aroma Park Boat Club. Association President Ken Munjoy tells us about one of the Association's annual events, the Kankakee River Clean-up This year's Kid's Fishing day will be held starting at eight...

Illinois lawmakers are moving forward with a controversial bill that would place regulations on homeschooling in the state. Hundreds of opponents to the measure rallied at the State Capitol building yesterday as the bill was approved by the House Education Policy Committee. Under the legislation, families would be re...

Let's find out now what's happening in Kankakee County this weekend. With a look at a few of the events, here's Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

Some heavy weather moved through the area, bringing with it high winds, a lot of rain, hail and at least one tornado warning for Kankakee County. The tornado sirens were triggered just after 5:30 last night when the National Weather Service noticed rotation in storm clouds in the southeastern corner of the county. So f...