Fortitude Community Outreach, an organization that helps the homeless in Kankakee County, has received a 20-thousand dollar grant from the Illinois Treasurer's Office. According to a press release from Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs last Thursday, Fortitude was one of ten grant recipients in the latest round of hi...

Community College Bachelor's Degree Legislation is set to return to Springfield soon. According to a press release from the Illinois Community College Board, Senate Bill 4034 and House Bill 5319 will come back this Spring in an effort to expand opportunities for Illinois students. Kankakee Community College President D...

A shots fired call early Wednesday morning led Kankakee City Police to find a person had been stabbed. According to reports, city police responded to the shots fired call just after one yesterday morning in the 100 block of North Evergreen Avenue. When officers arrived, one spent shell casing was found on the east side...

Kankakee City Police responded to an alleged battery outside a business in the 200 block of East Court Street Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, officers arrived on the scene just after 1:30 Tuesday afternoon to speak with the victim who stated he went out to his car to put his jacket away when 26-year-old Charle...

A 43-year-old Lockport man is dead, the result of a motorcycle crash over the weekend. Will County Coroner Laurie Summers says Michael T. Pew was pronounced dead just after five Saturday night following the crash at 10th and State Street in Lockport. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

No one was injured when a semi and car crashed near Grant Park Wednesday morning. Illinois State Police say it was just after 8:30 yesterday morning when the two collided at the intersection of Route 17 and Vincennes Trail. No other information was provided about the crash.

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police are investigating after a man called them Tuesday evening to say he'd been beaten. When deputies got to the address on West 1000 North Road, the victim told them he'd just gotten out of jail when the friends that picked him up took him to the area of 9000 West and 5000 North where four ...

In this edition of the WVLI News Update with Rob West, we cover a series of developing stories across Kankakee County and the surrounding region. The update begins with a police response to a shots fired call in Kankakee that led to the discovery of a ...

A new portrait featuring Elton John and his family is now on public display in London. The image, which includes his husband David Furnish and their t...

A new portrait featuring Elton John and his family is now on public display in London. The image, which includes his husband David Furnish and their t...