79th District Illinois State Representative Jackie Haas will hold a shred event and diaper donation drive tomorrow. Representative Haas says the event will run from 10 to Noon Saturday in Downtown Kankakee. Haas says you can call her office for more information or visit her website at rephaas.com

Michael Madigan will learn his fate today. The former Illinois House Speaker is set to be sentenced in Chicago federal court after he was found guilty in February to bribery and other corruption counts. Federal prosecutors have asked for a 12-and-a-half year prison sentence. Madigan was the longest-serving state Hou...

"No Kings Day" protests are planned across the country tomorrow in opposition to President Trump's military parade. Member of Kankakee Indivisible Gary Ciaccio, says there's even a rally planned at the Kankakee County Courthouse tomorrow. Ciaccio says more information about tomorrow's rally is on the Kankakee...

Kankakee City Fire Department Personnel were called to a home in the 400 block of South Elm just after 12:30 this morning for a garage fire. When they got there, firefighters found the detached garage on fire and another small fire in the alley. Reports say the fire was put out quickly and investigators with the help o...

Recent rains have helped lessen drought concerns across the area. The latest map released Thursday by the US Drought monitor describes 94 percent of Kankakee County and 21 percent of Iroquois County as abnormally dry. An improvement from last week where the majority of both counties were considered to be in "moder...

It's Friday the 13th, time to find out what's going on in Kankakee County this weekend. With that, here's Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

Authorities have released the name of the man thought to be responsible for setting a fire overnight. Kankakee City Fire Department Personnel were called to a home in the 400 block of South Elm just after 12:30 this morning for a garage fire. When they got there, firefighters found the detached garage on fire and anot...

An update on the Kankakee River Aroma Park Sediment removal project was given at this morning's County Highways and Waterways Committee Meting. Kankakee County Engineer Greg Heiden says there's a chance it could be finished in the next 30 days.