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...

During this morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Highways, Waterways and Buildings Committee, County Administrator Anita Speckman gave the committee an update on storm damage the county incurred from last month's tornado. Speckman said there wasn't a county building that wasn't at least somewhat damaged by ...