The trial for former Iroquois County Health Department Administrator Dee-Ann Schippert has been postponed. According to the Ford County Chronicle, a Kankakee County Judge Friday granted a motion by the Illinois Attorney General's office to postpone the trial, which had originally been set to begin October 19th. Schippe...

Two people were arrested after they allegedly broke in to the Kankakee County Administration Building over the weekend. In a press release, County officials say it was about four Saturday afternoon when two people with their faces covered "unlawfully gained access" to the building at Court and Schuyler in dow...

Kankakee City Police say they've made an arrest in connection to the Father's Day shooting that took the life of a 40-year-old Kankakee man. In a press release, Kankakee Police Chief Chris Kidwell said 21-year-old Isaiah Houston was arrested for the June 21st shooting that resulted in the death of Randal D. Young. Chi...

A motion for a change of venue filed by the defense in the Xandria Harris murder trial was denied in Kankakee County Circuit Court Friday. Judge Kathy Bradshaw Elliott made the ruling late Friday afternoon after arguments were heard between Harris's defense attorney Cierra Norris and Kankakee County State's Attorney Ji...