A Beecher woman allegedly brought a loaded handgun into the Kankakee County Courthouse this morning. According to a press release, sheriff's deputies assigned to courthouse security allegedly found a loaded handgun in a woman's purse as she was going through the routine security check to enter the courthouse around nin...

There's plenty to do around Kankakee County this weekend. With a look at a few of the events, here's Angelina Gear, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

Kankakee City Police report a pair of arrest. According to reports, officers tried to stop a car last night in the area of Birch and Evergreen. Instead of stopping, the car reportedly continued northbound and the rear seat passenger, later identified as Isaiah Drew, allegedly through something out the window. That &quo...

Illinois' unemployment rate remains steady. The state's Department of Employment Security says Illinois' jobless rate last month was five-point-one-percent, unchanged from May. Non-farm payroll jobs were up for a fourth consecutive month, increasing by 15-hundred in June.