The National Weather Service River Flood Warning for the Kankakee River at Momence continues today. The warning was issued Monday after an ice jam began forming last week. As of this afternoon the water is holding just over six feet at Momence. Flood stage is five feet. The National Weather Service predicts the wa...

Gov. J-B Pritzker signed the "Dignity in Pay Act" today (on Tuesday), which will end the state's participation in the federal 14c certificate program. The program allows businesses and other organizations to pay workers with disabilities less than the minimum wage based on the worker's productivity and skill ...

It's life in prison for the man convicted in the killing of 49 year old Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and another 80 years to life for the attempted murder of her partner that night Sgt. Tyler Bailey. This is Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe. Rittmanic's sister and wife both gave victim impact statem...

Wilmington Firefighters were called to the Super Shine Motel in the 100 block of Bridge Street about 12:40 this morning when smoke appeared in one of the rooms. The fire was discovered in the attic of the single story hotel and was quickly extinguished. The fire was electrical in nature and that power to the one stor...

Jasper County Sheriff's police are asking for your help in finding those responsible for an armed robbery Sunday at the Country Store at 8956 North State Road 49 in Wheatfield. No details on the robbery were released, but deputies ask that if you live in the area and have any surveillance video of the robbery to pleas...

There was a home burglary Saturday in Kankakee. Police were called to the 1900 block of South Schuyler to speak with a woman who said after securing the doors she had left the home about 10 in the morning. When she returned about 10:30 Saturday night she found the back door deadbolt was unlocked and several items mi...

Kankakee City police were called to an area hospital Monday morning to speak with a subject who claims he was robbed by three men he knows at a home in the 500 block of West Station Street. The victim says they beat and kicked him then took his wallet containing ID's and his bank card before throwing him out of the ho...

Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey is pushing back on comments made by Governor JB Pritzker yesterday saying he wouldn't let federal agents engage in what he calls "unlawful activity" in the state. Sheriff Downey says the statement is another example of Pritzker's disdain for law enforcement In addition to b...

Bradley Police are dealing with a spate of burglaries in the Village. Bradley Police responded Sunday to the 200 block of North Cleveland Avenue where the victim told police sometime overnight Saturday night, someone had entered their garage and took a bike. Reports say the bike was recovered Sunday afternoon when it w...

A sentencing hearing is planned for this afternoon for convicted cop-killer Darius Sullivan. Back in September, Sullivan was convicted of killing Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic and seriously injuring her partner then Officer Tyler Bailey. Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliot will first hear a motion from Sullivan's d...