Time to find out what's happening around the area this weekend, with a look at a few of the events, here's Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

A fire weather watch goes into effect for us at 10 this morning and runs through seven tonight. The National Weather Service says the combination of high winds and low humidities mean any fires that start will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended today.

The number of jobs in Illinois continues to set records. The state Department of Employment Security says non-farm payroll jobs increased by 41-hundred last month to a new record high of six-point-one-seven-million. That beat the previous record set in March. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at four-point-ei...

The search for a new Police Chief in the Village of Bourbonnais will continue without the current interim Chief in the mix. Dave Anderson, who has served as interim Chief since Jim Phelps retired earlier this year says he will not pursue the position. Anderson says his decision to retire comes after a lengthy meeting w...

Kankakee City Police report an arrest after a woman allegedly tried to light a house on fire. According to reports, it was just after 10 Wednesday night when officers were called to the home in the 700 block of East Locust for someone trying to break into the house. When they got there, officers say they found 40-year-...

Kankakee City Fire Department personnel were called to a home in the 200 block of North Hammes last night for a structure fire. Reports say when they got there, firefighters found the fire contained to the garage. Damage was put at about five-thousand-dollars. It's thought the fire was caused by the hot exhaust from a ...

Wilmington Police along with Braidwood Police and Braidwood Fire responded to a call in the Deer Ridge Subdivison just after 11:30 yesterday morning, for a child that had fallen into a pool and was unresponsive. Wilmington Police say when they got there, someone was already performing CPR on the child, who was taken to...

Kankakee City Police are investigating after shots were fired in the City Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, it happened just before one yesterday afternoon in the 400 block of North East Avenue. When officers got there, they found two cars had been hit by gunfire and found several shell casings. Reports say a ...