Kankakee City Police report an incident of shots being fired in the city Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, it was just after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon when officers were called to the 500 block of South Poplar in reference to shots fired in the area. When they got there, officers say they found a scene in the a...

Iroquois County Sheriff's Police report the arrest of a Watseka man on first degree murder charges in connection with the death of the man's one-month-old son. In a press release, Iroquois County Deputies say Watseka Fire and EMS were called to a home in the 16-hundred block of Blue Bell Bend Road in rural Watseka last...

The man accused of the February second "execution style" murder of Momence bar owner Courtney Drysdale won't be tried in a Kankakee County Courtroom. A hearing was held in County Court this morning where the State's Attorney's office asked the case against Julius Burkes Junior be dismissed. That motion was gr...

Watseka Police are investigating a series of copper thefts in the City. In a Facebook post, Watseka Police say there have been several calls in the city where utility trailers had been broken into, the wiring cut and the copper stolen. Additionally, Watseka Police say Ameren notified them that several utility poles in ...