During Wednesday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Criminal Justice Committee, the committee got an update from 21st Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Bill Dickenson on planned Courthouse renovations Judge Dickenson said he and his staff would be working to make sure things go as smoothly as possible during t...

During Wednesday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Criminal Justice Committee, Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey noted fatal crashes are down in the county this year Downey pointed out there is also talk of re-working that intersection, but that still may not happen for several years.

During Wednesday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Criminal Justice Committee, committee members heard from Animal Control Director Kari Laird on fallout from the tornado for animal control Laird added four pallets of pet food were donated to Animal Control for those in the Aroma Park area in need of foo...

During this morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Criminal Justice Committee. County Sheriff Mike Downey gave an update to the committee on a program that provides tablets to inmates at the Jerome Combs Detention Center. Downey spoke about some of the programs available on the tablets Sheriff Downey said the...