Nobody was injured as Manteno firefighters battled an overnight fire in a detached garage. In a press release, Manteno Community Fire Protection District Fire Chief Rick Petersen says firefighters were called to the garage in the 200 block of South Hickory about a quarter past 11 last night and found flames showing fro...

It was six months ago tonight the tornado sirens went off as a huge storm tore through a good portion of the Kankakee area. Hardest hit was Aroma Township where people are still recovering from the aftermath of the storm. Mariah Vail, Executive Director of the United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties says her organ...

There will be a September 11th Remembrance Ceremony tomorrow morning in Manteno to honor the lives lost and the courage shown at the Pentagon 25 years ago. Manteno Mayor Annette LaMore gave the details on the event at Tuesday night's village board meeting. Mayor LaMore said the whole community is invited to the ceremon...

An early morning fire Wednesday destroyed a detached garage of a home in Loda. The Ford County Chronicle reports that approximately 35 volunteer firefighters from Loda, Buckley and Paxton fought the blaze around three in the morning Wednesday at a house in the 5-hundred block of East Washington Avenue in Loda. When cre...