Kankakee

Mechanical Issue leads to Emergency Closure of Route 53 Ruby Street Bridge over the Des Plaines River

Joliet, IL - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced the immediate closure of the Ruby Street Bridge over the Des Plaines River for emergency repairs due to...

Kankakee County Alert: Computer Scam involving Gift Cards Causes $25K in Local Losses, Police Warn

Bradley, IL - A new scam has surfaced in Kankakee County, targeting unsuspecting victims with fraudulent computer pop-ups.  According...

Will County, IL – Sheriff’s Office Issues 424 Citations During Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Will County, IL - In April, the Will County Sheriff's Office took decisive action against distracted driving, issuing...

Schaumburg, IL – Felony Charges for Local Woman Accused of Damaging Police Property

Schaumburg, IL - A 35-year-old woman is facing felony charges following an incident at the Island Lake Police...

Chicago Man Serving 60-Day Sentence Found Dead in Lake County Jail Cell

Lake County, IL - Authorities in Lake County have launched an investigation after a 61-year-old Chicago man, serving...

Weather Service asks residents southeast of I-55 to not burn during Windy Week

BOURBONNAIS – Conditions are ripe once again this week for wildfires across the Chicagoland area and the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a...

Bond set at $5 million for son of victim in Soldier Creek murder case

KANKAKEE â€“ Kankakee PD reports a woman whose body was found decomposing in Kankakee died of multiple stab wounds Monday. Police found the decomposing body of...

Not-a-Trick: Illinois hits new COVID-19 record Halloween, nearly 8,000 cases

BOURBONNAIS – Illinois officials announced Saturday afternoon the state set a new record for positive COVID-19 cases in a single day.  The Illinois Department of...

BESD53 gives locals a peek inside local classrooms post-pandemic

BOURBONNAIS - Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 took parents into a behind the scenes feature of what local classrooms have morphed into in a...

82% of all COVID in Kankakee since October 1st remain active as single day high reported

KANKAKEE – Kankakee County set a new single-day record Friday reporting 103 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, setting a...

Kankakee man charged with murder, attempt to conceal homicide in Soldier Creek case

KANKAKEE - Kankakee Police have arrested a man in connection with a partially decomposed body found in Soldier Creek earlier this week. Ruth Collins, 49,...
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