Merchant Street Music Fest has dropped their merch line for this year's fest. Hannah Swale from the Kankakee Public Library tells us who they are collaborating with this year. Merch orders can be placed now through June 30th at Merchant Street Music Fest dot com. Swale also said the music lineup for this year's fest, w...

The Kankakee County Sheriff's Department is looking for information about damage done to one of the County's buildings. Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski has our Crime Stoppers Tip of the Week Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could result in a cash reward.

Travis Duley, the Superintendent of the Paxton Buckley Loda School District, has announced his resignation. Reports say Duley submitted his letter of resignation to the school board on Sunday saying his last day will be June 30th. In Duley's letter, he cited stress of the job as one of the reasons for his departure. Du...

An ATV crash in Paxton claimed the life of a 41 year old woman Monday. According to the Champaign County Coroner's office, Katherine M. Brzuchowski (Bur-za-chow-ski) was involved in an ATV crash on private property near Paxton around 6 last night. She was transported to Carle Hospital in Champaign where she was pronoun...

A baby was allegedly left unattended inside a van in Downtown Kankakee for extended period of time yesterday. According to a police report, Kankakee City police were called to 400 East Court Street around 3:30 Tuesday afternoon to find a the infant inside a white van in the west parking lot of the post office. Officers...

Bourbonnais Trustees, last night, took the first steps toward adding another one-percent to the sales tax in the Village. Village Finance Director Tara Latz If approved the new tax would go into effect January first. Latz added the Village Board has committed to using at least part of the proceeds from the new tax for ...

Another child is dead following the April crash at an after school camp in Chatham. The Sangamon County Coroner says eight-year-old Bradley Lund died from injuries he suffered when a vehicle crashed into the YNOT After School Camp on April 28th. Two seven-year-olds, another eight-year-old and 18-year-old were also ki...

The Village of Bourbonnais took the first step last night toward replacing the one-percent sales tax on groceries. Village Finance Director Tara Latz says when the State voted to do away with the tax, they left a large hole in the Village budget The State-wide one-percent tax on groceries had been in place since 1990. ...