The City of Kankakee was recently awarded a two million dollar grant from the State Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to help with construction of a new 12-thousand square foot domestic violence shelter on East Court Street. Kankakee Economic and Community Development Agency Director Barbi Brewer Watson e...

Today is April Fool's Day, so be careful what you fall for. While there may be no clear, official origin, references to the first of April as a day of trickery date back all the way to the 14th century. The first recorded April Fools' Day was in France in 1582. It's believed that April 1st was celebrated as New Year...

Local law enforcement were instrumental Monday in the safe return of a missing elderly woman from Hinsdale. Just after six last night, State Police notified local authorities the missing/endangered elderly woman with cognitive issues had been spotted in Kankakee County. Bradley Police spotted the woman's car northbound...

Attorneys for Michael Madigan are calling for a new trial in his corruption case. The Chicago Tribune reports the former Illinois House speaker's lawyers made the request in a motion filed last Friday. They claim prosecutors failed to prove the Chicago Democrat knew about a scheme by ComEd to pay off his associates a...

Kankakee City Police continue to investigate a burglary to a restaurant in Meadowview Shopping Center over the weekend. Kankakee County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski has our Crime Stoppers Tip of the week Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could result in a cash reward

It is election day! Kankakee County Clerk Dan Hendrickson says the polls are open and ready for you to cast your ballot The polls will be open until seven tonight. Our election night coverage starts shortly after seven, right here.

Local elections were held across Illinois Tuesday. Locally, those hotly contested races for Mayor in Kankakee, Bourbonnais and Manteno mostly ended up not being as close as one might have expected. In Kankakee Incumbent Mayor Chris Curtis defeated Dr. Genevra Walters with Curtis getting about 63 percent of the vote. Bo...

It's election day tomorrow, and every day leading up to the election we've been hearing from some of the candidates for major elected office in the County about why they should be the choice for voters. Today we'll be hearing from the two vying to be the mayor of Kankakee. First, Democratic challenger Genevra Walters ...