The Village of Manteno has approved a new intergovernmental agreement with Kankakee County, The City of Kankakee, and the Village of Bourbonnais to continue the relationship with Visit Kankakee County to promote tourism in Kankakee County. Village officials approved the new agreement at Monday Night's Village board me...

City police were called to a business in the 1000 block of East Birch Street Tuesday in connection with the burglary of alcohol, some 2,700 dollars in alcohol. The owner told officers when he arrived he found the door open and hooch gone. Police say there appeared to be no forced entry to business and they are invest...

One person was hospitalized in a single vehicle accident Tuesday evening in Newton County. Newton County Sheriff's police say the vehicle driven by a 20 year old Brook, Indiana man was on county road 1200 south near 350 east when he lost control, went off the gravel roadway and rolled multiple times in a field. The d...

In Pontiac about 10 Tuesday morning, officials had to shut down a one block radius of Route 116 or East Howard Street for a time after a work crew boring for a fiber optic cable damaged a small gas service line. Police shut down streets, alleys, even sidewalks, and made sure area homes had their windows closed while d...

White County, Indiana Sheriffs Police are asking for your help in locating a missing 17 year old girl. Nichole Lyn Henderson walked away from her Monticello home Tuesday morning taking only a plastic bag filled with a change of clothes with her. Nicole is apparently a new arrival to the area from Florida and knows nob...

Creating an ordinance that would allow homeowners in Dwight to keep chickens in the backyard is under investigation by the Dwight Village Board. Village officials say they have had several requests for permission from residents to keep chickens to help offset grocery costs. For right now Dwight authorities are resear...

Kankakee County Sheriff's Police continue to look for firearms stolen from a car in Aroma Park over the weekend. Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Trent Bukowski has our Crime Stoppers Tip of the Week Tips to Crime Stoppers are anonymous and could result in a cash reward

We have more this afternoon on a man who took his own life yesterday morning in Wilmington in the 21,000 block of Cottage Road following a police chase. The Will County Coroner's office identifies the victim as 56 year old Jeffrey Emerson of Oswego. Police were searching for Emerson after he allegedly shot his wife i...