A status hearing was held in Kankakee County Circuit Court this morning in the case of Xandria Harris, who is accused in the killing of Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic and the wounding of Officer Tyler Bailey in December 2021, along with her then-boyfriend, Darius Sullivan. Kankakee County State's Attorney Ji...

Kankakee City Police report an arrest in a nearly year-old murder case. In a press release, City Police say authorities in Cape Girardeau, Missouri arrested 34-year-old Thearthur William Scott Junior February 8th after they'd been called to a report of a man with a gun. Reports say Scott was arrested without incident. ...

One person was arrested and two children are hospitalized in critical condition following an crash on east Route 17 late last night. In a press release, Kankakee County Sheriff's Deputies say it was just after 11:30 last night when they were called to the area of 3700 east Route 17 for an automated crash alert from an ...

Students and staff at Herscher schools are safe after a gas leak was thought to have occurred on campus yesterday afternoon. Herscher Community Unit School District 2 Superintendent Doctor Rich Decman tells us the smell of natural gas was detected on the high school and intermediate school campuses around noon Thursday...

The Kankakee County Clerk's office is in need of election judges for the General Primary Election March 17th. According to a Facebook post from the Kankakee County Clerk's Office, they need both Republican and Democratic judges throughout the county. Certified judges are paid two-hundred twenty-five dollars for their s...