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No injuries reported when silo collapses in Martinton No one was injured when a concrete and rebar grain silo collapsed Wednesday afternoon in Martinton. In a press release, Iroquois County Emergency Management says firefighters were called to the Donovan Farmer's Co-op about 10:30 yesterday morning. While there, one o...
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Kitchen fire damages Kankakee home Kankakee City Fire Department personnel were called out again overnight. This time, firefighters were called to a home in the 400 block of South Osborn Avenue for a kitchen fire. When they got there, firefighters say they found heavy fire in the kitchen and the home owner trying to pu...
Oct 15, 2025
Fire damages apartment building Kankakee City Fire Department personnel were called to a fire in an apartment in the 200 block of Crestlane Monday night. According to reports, it was just before 10 last night when firefighters were called to the fire that started when frying food was left unattended on the stove. Repor...
Oct 14, 2025
Man killed in fatal crash identified We have a name now of the motorcyclist killed Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a car on Route 17 west of Kankakee. Illinois State Police say the crash happened just before 10 yesterday morning at Route 17 near 3000 West Road. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner says 31-year-...
Oct 13, 2025
Sister Jean dead at 106 A beloved figure in college basketball is dead at 106. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt was the team chaplain for Loyola-Chicago for decades. She was put in the spotlight back in 2018 as the Ramblers made a Cinderella run to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament, praying with the team before every ...
Oct 10, 2025
1 Bar None-Jordan Davis
2 I Got Better-Morgan Wallen
3 Heart of Stone-Jelly Roll
4 Darlin’-Chase Matthew
5 Back In The Saddle-Luke Combs
6 Bottle Rockets-Scotty McCreery feat. Hootie & Blowfish
7 Heavens to Betsy-Jackson Dean
8 Somewhere Over Laredo-Lainey Wilson
9 Hands of Time-Eric Church
10 What Kinda Man-Parker McCollum
11 3,2,1-Tucker Wetmore
12 Cowgirl – Parmalee
13 Good Times and Tan Lines – Zach Top
14 Don’t Mind If I Do-Riley Green and Ella Langley
15 House Again-Hudson Westbrook
16 It Won’t Be Long-George Birge
17 6 Months Later-Megan Moroney
18 Favorite Country Song – HARDY
19 Straight Line-Keith Urban
20 Stay Country or Die Tryin’-Blake Shelton
21 I Dare You-Rascal Flatts & Jonas Bros
22 Time’s Ticking-Justin Moore
23 How Far Does A Goodbye Go-Jason Aldean
24 What He’ll Never Have-Dylan Scott
25 Golden Child-Meghan Patrick
26 Better Me For You-Max McNown
27 Would If I Could-Ernest
28 Weak-Preston Cooper
29 A Song To Sing-Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
30 Ends Of The Earth-Ty Myers