Hunter S. Lauridsen, of Manteno, was arrested by Kankakee County Sheriff’s police for allegedly trying to set fire to a mobile home occupied by a woman and her 2-year-old son early Monday morning.

The trial of Xandria Harris will be pushed back to February 2026 at the earliest.

Two people suffered gunshot wounds in a Thursday night shooting outside the Crestlane Apartments in east Kankakee.

Lead attorney not in attendance for scheduled sentencing on contempt conviction

Illinois State Police arrested John C. Smith, of Florence, Alabama, after he allegedly threw a backpack over the security fence at the Greater Kankakee Airport Friday.

Former Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School board candidate Christopher Borchardt was recently arrested in Sarasota, Florida.

The Kankakee County State’s Attorney Office charged Jason W. Exton, of Momence, for possession of child sexual abuse images and possession of controlled substance.

Kankakee police arrested one of the victims in a shooting that occurred July 6 on the city’s east side.

The first graduates of Kankakee County’s Mental Health Court were celebrated last Wednesday in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Lindsay Parkhurst.