A crash on Route 10 at County Road 12-hundred West in Demotte Wednesday morning forced the road to be closed for a time. In a press release, the Jasper County Sheriff's Department says it was just after 10:30 yesterday morning when they started getting calls about the multi-vehicle crash. Deputies say their preliminary...

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

It's fair time. The Newton County Punkin Vine Fair gets underway Monday at the fairgrounds just outside Kentland. Cory Groover, publicity director for the fair says there will be some pre-fair activities on Saturday The fair hits full stride on Monday and runs through next Saturday. You can find a full list of events o...

Kankakee City Police report the arrest of a Kankakee man on Home invasion and kidnapping charges Wednesday. According to reports, officers were called to the 400 block of West Bourbonnais Street sometime Wednesday by a woman who alleges 43-year-old Adrian Moore entered through her window in the overnight hours while sh...

Milford Police report the arrest of a 28-year-old man on child sex related charges. According to reports, Milford Police arrested Jacob C Reed of Milford Monday and charged him with indecent solicitation of a child. Reed was released after he was given a court date.

Gas prices are up as we head into the weekend. Triple-A says the average cost for a gallon of regular no-lead gas is four-dollars-10 cents across the Land of Lincoln. That's up five cents overnight. Gas in the Kankakee area is up three cents overnight to three-95 a gallon on average. Triple-A says gas is running 3.99 o...

JULY The Bourbonnais Public Library invites you to join its "BOOKbonnais" Community Reading Challenge, a free program running from the first of June until the last day of July. It will offer challenges for readers of all ages with a chance to win prizes. Kids will record their reading on a paper log which can...

The Kankakee Municipal Band summer concert series continues tonight at seven o'clock the Palzer Band Shell in Bird Park. Guest conductor tonight is Carl Domelick and he gives us a rundown of tonight's concert The free summer concert series runs now through August 6th

Visit Kankakee County and the Kankakee County Museum will host their "Reflections of Kankakee County: History Bus Tour" on Saturday July 18th. Visit Kankakee County Executive Director Angelina Gear has more The bus leaves the Kankakee County Museum at 9 in the morning on Saturday the 18th and returns at two i...

Aqua Illinois, the utility company that provides water to most of Kankakee County, is looking to raise their rates. Capital News Illinois reports Aqua has asked state regulators to approve a 26.5 million dollar rate increase, which would raise average combined water treatment and supply bills by about twenty-three doll...