KANKAKEE, Ill. (CBS)-- The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,082 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday – the first time the state has surpassed 2,000 cases a day since May 7. Meanwhile, the ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (CBS)-- The Kankakee County State's Attorney's office on Monday asked the federal prosecutors to review the cases against two defendants charged in a shooting that killed one Bradley ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (WLS) -- Two people were killed and another person injured in a shooting near the Kankakee County Courthouse Thursday morning, Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey said. Kankakee police ...

Law enforcement officials in Kankakee County are issuing a “precautionary stay-at-home” advisory amid reports of looting and unrest in Chicago’s southern suburbs. In a press release, Sheriff Mike ...

GRANT PARK, Ill. -- Chicago is a premiere food destination, but 43 miles south of downtown, a 103-foot table in Kankakee County is offering perhaps the truest version of farm-to-table dining. "We ...

ILLINOIS (WSIL) -- A Kankakee County judge ruled parts of Illinois' Safe-T Act is unconstitutional. The legislation calls to eliminate cash bail. With Wednesday's ruling, portions of the Safe-T Act ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (WLS) -- Two teenage boys were among four people shot in Kankakee on Friday night, police said. Police said officers responded to a call of shots fired near River Street and Fourth ...

Officials say the man initially told cops the man he shot had the gun, but now says that was not true, and that he was the ...

Within hours of a fatal gunbattle on the Kankakee County Courthouse lawn this past summer, city officials went on live television to allay the town’s fears. It was an isolated incident in which two ...