At this morning's Kankakee County Board Criminal Justice Committee Meeting, State's Attorney Jim Rowe said their has been a huge increase in drug cases. Especially ones that involve methamphetamine. Rowe says when individuals are using methamphetamine, they've seen that connected now to a number of extremely violent cr...

At this morning's Kankakee County Board Criminal Justic Committee Meeting, State's Attorney Jim Rowe said the amount of felony cases seen by a grand jury this year are up from last year's numbers. Rowe added there has also be a substantial increase in drug cases seen in Kankakee County Courts with most of them connecte...

A person was apparently struck in the head with a hammer after a verbal fight early yesterday morning on Kankakee's south side. According to city police reports, officers were called to the parking lot of a nearby business at 1601 River Road in reference to a battery that occurred at a gas station on Riverstone Court. ...

Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe is hosting his 6th Annual Senior Safety Fair 9am to 1pm tomorrow at the Quality Inn Hotel in Bradley. Rowe says it's free to attend and no registration is required. You can contact the Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office is you have any questions about tomorrow's Senior S...

The Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce has announce something new for Christmas this year. Chamber Executive Director Amanda Hibbs There's more about the project on the Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce Facebook page, or you can call the offices at 815-432-2416.

The Manteno Police Department is looking into a series of burglaries to vehicles that happened in the early morning hours of June 5th. Kankakee County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski has our Crime Stoppers Tip of the Week

Iroquois County now has a new Animal Control Administrator. At this morning's Iroquois County Board meeting, Angela Frary of Martinton was appointed to the new role. County Board Chairman, Paul Ducat says he would like to see better organization within animal control. Ducat added he believes Frary as Animal Control Adm...

At this morning's Iroquois County Board meeting, a resolution was passed to spend around 745,000 dollars for the repaving of the 2800 North Bridge, also known as the bridge to nowhere. County Board Chairman Paul Ducat said this project has been pushed back for the past 11 years. Ducat added it doesn't matter if it's ...

Illinois State Police netted themselves a drug and weapons arrest during a routine traffic stop on I-57 late Sunday night. According to reports, an ISP trooper pulled over a Ford SUV near milepost 315 close to midnight Sunday. The driver, 25 year old Brandon C. Brown and front passenger, 57 year old Lee C. Mabins, both...

79th District State Representative Jackie Haas will host her 5th annual job fair tomorrow at the Knights of Columbus Hall in downtown Kankakee. The job fair runs from nine tomorrow morning until noon at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 187 South Indiana Avenue in downtown Kankakee. Haas says you can call her office if you...