Rensselaer Indiana Police say they have a person in custody who could possibly be connected to some recent thefts in the city. In a Facebook post Friday, Rensselaer Police say the incidents have involved the theft of power tools, packages, electronic equipment, and lawn items. The department says they are continuing to...

More details have been released about the Joliet man accused of killing 26-year-old Melissa Prosser of Bourbonnais earlier this year in a fatal car crash on I-55 near Channahon. According to court records, 36-year-old Timothy Waldvogel was denied pre-trial release during a Will County Court hearing Thursday. Prosecutor...

The Manteno Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at The Lush Vine Friday night on Main Street. Our Denny Case was there. The upscale bar restaurant was originally located in Downtown Kankakee but moved to Manteno in August of this year.

Pre-Registration for the Bourbonnais Township Park District's Turkey Trot ends at midnight Sunday. Director of Recreation and Marketing Cherie Smolkovich. Smolkovich says over two-hundred people have already signed up.

At Monday night's Kankakee City Council meeting, Aldermen passed a resolution that authorized the acceptance of the Norfolk Southern Railroad agreement for review of plans for the Riverfront Trail along Kennedy Drive. City Engineer Neil Piggush explains. The engineering agreement with Norfolk will cost around $26,000, ...

Gas prices are falling as we head into the weekend.Triple-A says the average cost for a gallon of regular no-lead gas is now four-dollars-56 cents across the Land of Lincoln. That's a four cent drop overnight and down 20 cents in the past week. Gas in the Kankakee area is running 4.52 on average, down 23 cents from the...

Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group agents with the help of agents from the Illinois State Police and officers from the DuPage, Kendall and City of Kankakee Police Departments arrested a 28-year-old Kankakee man Wednesday on various drug and weapons charges. In a press release, Illinois State Police say it was...

The Bourbonnais Public Library District Board has called a special meeting for this Monday following Tuesday's election results where its funding referendum failed to pass. In a Facebook post from Bourbonnais Library Board President David Stejkowski, the special meeting will be held at seven in the evening Monday at th...

You can see a psychological thriller filmed locally in the greater Kankakee area on the big screen this weekend. Local filmmakers Andrew Lamping and Blain Smith teamed up to make the film, "When The Night Falls." Lamping says the story is set in his hometown of Clifton. Lamping says "When The Night Falls...

This past Tuesday marked the Bourbonnais Township Park District's 40th Anniversary. Director of Recreation and Marketing Cherie Smolkovich, says they will celebrate the occasion tomorrow and invite everyone to stop by. It was on November 3, 1986 when voters approved the creation of BTPD by a margin of nearly 2 to 1.

Buddy Check 22 will hold its annual Free Veterans Dental Day in partnership with Dental Group of Bourbonnais this morning. Jim Wasser recently talked with Mike Tomano about the event on an episode of the Kankakee Valley Community Happenings podcast. Wasser says veterans should bring along their DD214 or ID for verifica...

Bradley Police are investigating after a garage was broken into sometime overnight Tuesday night. According to reports, officers were called to the home in the 200 block of South Douglas Avenue about six last night, where the home owner said someone had broken into their detached garage. Officers say the door to the ga...

The Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for help with the upcoming Drive-Thru Christmas Light Display at Legion Park. Chamber Executive Director Amanda Hibbs Hibbs says there are already more than 50 displays with more being planned. You can get ahold of Hibbs at the Chamber office for more information or to of...

Visit Kankakee County is looking for those things that make Kankakee County unique. The Illinois Office of Tourism is taking applications for the 2027 Illinois Made program. Visit Kankakee County Executive Director Angelina Gear has more Entries need to be sent in by December 31st.

There's still 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

The Kankakee County Museum's 16th annual Artisan Faire is this weekend. The Artisan Faire runs from nine Saturday morning until three in the afternoon. There's more about the Faire under the events tab on the Kankakee County Museum's website.

The Beecher Fire Protection District will host an open house tonight in the Beecher High School Gym. Fire Protection District Chief Joe Falaschetti says it's a follow-up workshop to one the department held in late September Chief Falaschetti says there are signs up around the community with a QR code if you'd like to R...

Olivet Nazarene University is looking for good news stories throughout the community to be included in their upcoming community Christmas Luncheon. Susan Wolff is the Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the University and she says Olivet hosted a community luncheon before COVID and the goal is to ...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are investigating after a woman called them Tuesday to say she'd been beaten while working at a senior living facility in Pembroke Township. The victim called deputies Tuesday to say she was approached by two people as she left the facility and the duo threatened her over an incident fr...

Rensselaer Police say a missing man and his child have been found. In a Facebook post Wednesday, Rensselaer Police asked for help to find 21-year-old David Hendrickson and his 23-month-old daughter who, they said, came up missing after they were involved in a traffic cash near the intersection of Route 114 and 850 We...