Jeff Bonty

According to Kankakee County Sheriff’s police, 47-year-old Julius E. Burkes Jr. was apprehended in the 6400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, in Hammond, Indiana, as he was exiting his residence.

The owner of The Line bar in Momence was shot "execution style" during a robbery Monday at the business located on the Illinois/Indiana state line.

On Tuesday, Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police released photos of a person of interest in the homicide of 30-year-old Courtney M. Drysdale.

Kankakee County sheriff’s police and the Kankakee County Coroner’s office are investigating a homicide that occurred at a bar at the Illinois/Indiana state line.

Bourbonnais Police Chief Dave Morefield swore in the department’s 28th officer during Monday’s village board meeting.

Whether it was leading a Scout troop, helping with the annual Chocolate Tour or persuading state and federal officials to add an interchange on Interstate 57, Paul Schore did it for the community.

Bradley police investigated a single-vehicle crash that occurred Thursday afternoon on West North Street near Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School.

The Kankakee County sheriff and a Will County lawmaker would like to see all felony charges against defendants qualify them for detention under the SAFE-T Act.

Illinois State Police Troop 5 is currently on the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 northbound at the 309 mile marker.

For the second time this month, Will County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man and woman from Bourbonnais in regards to the closed Balmoral Park horseracing facility.

A Piper City man died in a single-vehicle crash in rural Gilman Saturday.

An electrical fire Saturday afternoon on Kankakee’s northside left several tenants of an apartment building displaced.

Bourbonnais resident Trenton Harrison has been mistaken for Bears star quarterback Caleb Williams.

A request for extra room for any overflow crowd in the Xandria Harris trial next month was denied Friday.

Kankakee County Circuit Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott ruled TV cameras will not be allowed to broadcast live in the courtroom during the trial for Xandria Harris.