Charges have been filed against the Indiana Woman who allegedly killed her ex and his parents in Crete Township early Monday morning. The Will County Sheriff's office reports 30-year-old Jenna Strouble of Saint John, Indiana has been charged with nine counts of first-degree murder. The Will County Coroner's office has ...

Bradley Police reported a residential burglary at a home in the 200 block of North Fulton Avenue on Sunday. According to reports, the victim returned home from vacation on Sunday to find someone had forced entry into his home and taken several of his personal items. The victim told police several credit cards were stol...

Kankakee City Police responded to a shots fired call on the city's east side Monday night. According to reports, the shots were heard near a home in the 200 block of North Evergreen Avenue just before 8:00 Monday night. When officers arrived, they located five spent nine millimeter shell casings in the west alley behin...

Kankakee City Police made a gun arrest on the city's far south side early Tuesday morning. According to reports, officers responded to a business in the 400 block of Riverstone Parkway around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday to check on a suspicious vehicle. When police arrived, they saw two vehicles parked in front of the business's...

The Village of Bradley is giving away Easter hams this Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to noon at Northfield Square Mall. Mayor Mike Watson discussed the giveaway's details on a recent episode of the Kankakee Valley Community Happenings podcast with Mike Tomano.

Bourbonnais Police report a gun arrest early Sunday morning. According to reports, officers responded to a single vehicle crash in the 5500 block of North State Route 45 just before 5 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived and talked with the driver, they could see a firearm was located in plain view on the floorboard of t...

The Will County Sheriff's Office has given an update on the triple homicide that happened in Crete Township early Monday morning. According to a press release, all three victims were residents of the home on East Norway Trail in Crete, that included a 32-year-old man and his parents, a fifty-five-year-old man and a 54-...

The Village of Bradley Board received a storm damage update last night. According to Village Administrator Craig Anderson, numerous village buildings sustained roof and window damage. Insurance adjusters have assessed the damage to village property, but have not yet reported the damage value to the village.

The Kankakee County Board held a special meeting this morning and unanimously voted in favor to extend the Proclamation of the Kankakee County Disaster Emergency by thirty days after the March 10th tornado. Kankakee County Under Sheriff Chad Gessner says FEMA along with local and State EMA officials will be in town thi...

A resolution was passed at Monday night's Village of Bradley Board meeting approving a bid to repair the village's alleyways. The village received 4 bids, but ultimately awarded the contract to Tenco Excavating for $1,026,636.35. Public Works and Utilities Director Jeff Meeker discussed which alleys this contract will ...

You may have heard the Bradley American Legion on Broadway is for sale. Legion Post 766 Commander Corey Norton says they are not closing but looking for a better location to serve veterans and the public. Norton says a wheelchair lift would cost upwards of 100-Thousand dollars and says they are looking for a one level ...

Will County Sheriff's Office report a triple homicide early this morning in Crete Township. According to a press release, deputies were called to a home in the 3400 Block of Norway Trail around two this morning for a welfare check. When deputies arrived, they found bodies of three adults, two men and one woman. Deputie...

Let's take a look now at what's going on overhead this week. With our Notable Night Sky News, here's Madeline Shepley, Astronomy Professor and Director of the Strickler Planetarium at Olivet.

Concerns have been raised by area residents about how the selection process of this years Kankakee Farmers Market is being handled. This comes after vendors who have been at the market in recent years had their applications for this season denied. The Kankakee Farmers Market has released a statement saying after operat...

Kankakee Fire Department was called out to fight a blaze Saturday morning on the city's north side. Fire Chief Bryan LaRoche said crews arrived around 9:15 Saturday morning to a home in the 300 block of North Harrison Avenue for the fire. When they arrived, a small fire was found in a second floor apartment. The fire a...

The Kankakee County Board announced a special meeting to be held on Tuesday, March 24th at 9 AM. According to Kankakee County Board Chairman Matt Alexander-Hildebrand, the meeting pertains to extending the disaster proclamation for another 30 days after an EF3 tornado tore through South Kankakee and Aroma Park on March...

At this past Monday's Kankakee City Council meeting, a resolution was passed to spend 370-thousand dollars in Motor Fuel Tax funds for street and sidewalk construction. Mayor Chris Curtis tells us where the work is being done. Mayor Curtis says the city plans to spend about five million dollars on street and sidewalk r...

Delbert Skimerhorn of the Kankakee County Planning Department wants to remind people that live in the unincorporated parts of the county that have homes with storm damage need to pull permits from his office before repairs can be made. Skimerhorn added houses located in the floodplain do require additional regulations ...

The 10th Annual Women United Breakfast held Wednesday morning at Olivet Nazarene University raised over 33-thousand dollars. According to a press release from United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties, more than two-hundred-sixty people attended the breakfast Wednesday. This year's theme was "Growing a Thriving...

The American Red Cross Emergency Shelter that helped those affected by the March 10th storms has closed. According to a press release from the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office, the shelter at Redeeming Life Ministries on Waldron Road in Kankakee closed on Saturday. Officials say the Red Cross shelter closed because of ...