The City of Wilmington Police Department reminds residents that Murphy Road will be closed from the West I-55 Frontage Road to Kavanaugh Road starting Wednesday. In a Facebook post the department says the closure is necessary for infrastructure improvements related to the extension of Elion Boulevard and is expected to...

A traffic stop early Monday morning netted Bradley Police a gun arrest. According to reports, it was just about 12:30 yesterday morning when Bradley Police stopped a car driven by 25-year-old Jordan M Etienne of Bourbonnais for an expired license plate. A check found Etienne to be allegedly driving on a suspended licen...

A traffic stop Monday netted Iroquois County Sheriff's Police a drug arrest. According to reports deputies stopped a car driven by 42-year-old Edward Tungate of Milford for suspected DUI. A search of Tungate allegedly turned up suspected cocaine. Tungate was taken into custody by Iroquois County Deputies for driving un...

The National Weather Service is confirming that eight tornadoes hit the Chicago area Wednesday. An EF-1 tornado touched down in Gary, Indiana. Gary also experienced two EF-0 tornadoes later in the day. An EF-0 tornado hit Highland, Indiana, as well as rural southeastern Joliet, the east side of Frankfort and in the ...

Will County Sheriff's Police report the arrest of a 28-year-old Lockport man this week on numerous drug and weapons charges. In a press release, Deputies say Wednesday marked the end of a months-long investigation when search warrants were served at two locations associated with Denzel S. Hawthorne of Lockport. At the ...

The annual General Membership Meeting and dinner for the Northern Illinois Anglers Association was held last night at the Aroma Park Boat Club. Association President Ken Munjoy tells us about one of the Association's annual events, the Kankakee River Clean-up This year's Kid's Fishing day will be held starting at eight...

Let's find out now what's happening in Kankakee County this weekend. With a look at a few of the events, here's Nicole Gavin, Executive Director of Visit Kankakee County

Some heavy weather moved through the area, bringing with it high winds, a lot of rain, hail and at least one tornado warning for Kankakee County. The tornado sirens were triggered just after 5:30 last night when the National Weather Service noticed rotation in storm clouds in the southeastern corner of the county. So f...

Today is the first day of spring for Earth's northern hemisphere, also known as the vernal equinox, . At this point in the planet's annual orbit, the sun appears directly over the equator, producing essentially the same amount of time in daylight and darkness over today's 24 hours. Then, for the northern half of the ...

Nearly 100 people attended a candidates forum last night for candidates in the City of Watseka. Among those on hand for last night's forum, the two men vying to be the next Mayor of Watseka. Candidate Scott Anderson said its all about transparency Both Anderson and Marier are current Aldermen in the City. The election ...