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.