When, Where Are Tornadoes Most Likely Around Chicago?
CHICAGO (CBS) — Tornadoes can hit at any time of year, but here in the Midwest, they’re more likely in April, May and June and more likely in certain areas near Chicago. With the disaster that is...
View ArticleTornadoes Rip Through Kankakee County
ST. ANNE, Ill. (CBS) — Clean up crews were hard at work clearing away debris and salvaging whatever property they could in St. Anne. Garret Tordowski lost a lot of of material things to the storm but...
View ArticleMega Millions Rolls Over, Jackpot At $51 Million
CHICAGO (STMW) – Everyone’s attentions may be turned to the $325 million Powerball jackpot, but the growing grand prize for the Mega Millions lottery isn’t anything to scoff at. No one matched all the...
View ArticleCub Scout Dies After Fall At Kankakee County Park
BRADLEY, Ill. (CBS) — The Kankakee County sheriff’s office says the death of a Cub scout who fell on a hike Saturday appears to be a tragic accident. It happened late Saturday afternoon at Perry Farm...
View Article1 Hurt In Workplace Shooting In Manteno; Suspect Flees Scene
Updated 07/25/12 – 5:47 p.m. MANTENO, Ill. (CBS) — A man has been shot at a warehouse in downstate Manteno and a suspect is on the run. The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department confirms that a man was...
View ArticleArrest Warrant Issued In Manteno Warehouse Shooting
MANTENO, Ill. (CBS) — An arrest warrant has been issued for the man suspected of shooting a co-worker at a warehouse in far south suburban Manteno. Kankakee County Sheriff’s police said the suspect has...
View ArticleTransportation Officials To Showcase Ideas For Illiana Expressway
PEOTONE, Ill. (CBS) — The latest Illiana Expressway proposals go before the public Tuesday and Wednesday night in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports, the Illinois...
View ArticleAqua Illinois Customers Furious With Skyrocketing Water Bills
CHICAGO (CBS) — They say they’re drowning in their water bills; scores of angry customers of Aqua Illinois say they have to think twice now about everyday tasks like taking a shower, washing the...
View ArticleWoman Killed In Car, Semi Crash In Kankakee County
KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. (STMW) — A woman was killed when the car she was driving crashed head-on into a semi truck in northern Kankakee County on Wednesday afternoon, state police said. About 12:20 p.m.,...
View ArticleEvans Hopes Cook County Courts Can Get Cameras Soon
CHICAGO (CBS) — With a high-profile triple murder trial underway in DuPage County with a camera in the courtroom, Cook County’s chief judge was left wondering when Chicago would be able to follow suit...
View ArticleState Police Speed Cameras To Be Watching I-57 Work Zone
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois State Troopers will be using a mobile speed camera van on I-57 on Tuesday to enforce work zone speed limits. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports an Illinois State Police van,...
View ArticleIce Jams Close Bridge On Kankakee River, Threaten Homes
(CBS) — While the threat of flooding has eased in much of the Chicago area, there’s still concern about the Kankakee River, because of ice jams in the water. WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports...
View ArticleMicrosoft To Buy Power From Illinois Wind Farm
CHICAGO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. says it has agreed to buy electricity from a new wind farm in Illinois for the next 20 years in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint. The company’s chief...
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Escaped Kankakee Convict Still At Large
Updated 04/01/15 – 10:40 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Police in Kankakee County continued a manhunt for a convicted killer who escaped from jail early Wednesday. Savannah Bell (Source: Illinois State Police)...
View ArticlePolice Believe ‘Someone Is Helping’ Escaped Kankakee Convict
Updated: 04/02/15 – 11:23 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — More than a day after a convicted killer escaped from a Kankakee County jail, authorities said they suspect someone is helping hide him from police....
View ArticleReward Up To $7,500 For Arrest Of Kankakee Fugitive
CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities have increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of a convicted killer who escaped from a Kankakee jail earlier this week. Kankakee County Sheriff’s officials...
View ArticleAunt Helped Killer Escape Jail, Kankakee County Authorities Say
(STMW) — A former correctional officer and aunt of Kamron Taylor has been charged with helping the convicted murderer escape from a Kankakee County detention center early Wednesday. Tonya D. Grant, 50,...
View ArticleKankakee County Prosecutors Continue Probe Of Jail Escape
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s office was reviewing mountains of evidence, as authorities try to piece together exactly how a convicted killer escaped the county jail, and made...
View ArticleMurder Convict Who Spurred 3-Day Manhunt Sentenced To 107 Years
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A Kankakee County jail inmate who escaped last month and was captured three days later was sentenced Monday to more than a century in prison for a 2013 murder. Kamron T. Taylor...
View Article4 People Shot And Killed In Kankakee County
CHICAGO (CBS) — Detectives in Kankakee County were investigating four homicides over the weekend in rural Pembroke Township, including a triple homicide Sunday afternoon, and police believe the...
View ArticleOfficials Believe Kankakee County Killings May Be Connected
(CBS) — A murder mystery in Kankakee County shook the community over the weekend. Four men are dead at two different crime scenes. But police now think they’re related, CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot...
View ArticleStolen Lincoln Sculpture Of Lincoln’s Hand Returned To Kankakee Museum
CHICAGO (CBS) — A plaster sculpture of one of President Abraham Lincoln’s hands has been returned to a museum in Kankakee, more than a year after it was stolen. “We are just over-the-moon excited,”...
View ArticleMissing Bartender Kaitlyn Kearns Found Shot To Death In Kankakee County
CHICAGO (CBS) — The body of a 24-year-old bartender last seen alive on Monday was found early Thursday in rural Kankakee County, and authorities said she had been shot in the head. Kaitlyn Kearns of...
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Man Charged With Concealing Homicide Of Bartender Kaitlyn Kearns
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Coal City man has been charged with concealing the homicide of a Mokena woman found dead of a gunshot wound nearly three days after she went missing, and could face more serious...
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Missing Retired Teacher Last Seen Sunday
CHICAGO (CBS)–The sudden disappearance of retired high school teacher Daniel Jarski last weekend has sparked massive search efforts. Jarski, 62, a father of three from south suburban Grant Park, hasn’t...
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5-Alarm Fire Causes Severe Damage At Egg Farm In Kankakee County
CHICAGO (CBS)– Officials responded to a 5-alarm fire at an egg farm in the Village of Grant Park. Mussman’s Back Acres egg farm, located in Kankakee County, reported a chicken coop fire around 2:30...
View ArticleKankakee County Democrats Take Down Meme Comparing Trump’s MAGA Hats To KKK...
CHICAGO (CBS) — In the wake of a controversy over an Illinois Republican group’s meme calling four minority Democratic congresswomen the “Jihad Squad,” the Kankakee County Democratic Party is under...
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Wanted Man Agrees To Surrender In Kankakee County After Police Oblige...
KANKAKEE, Ill. (CBS) — Police in Kankakee County didn’t have to stage a raid to find one wanted fugitive – it just so happens that all it took for him to surrender was a PhotoShop request. Every...
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Gold Coin Worth Over $1,000 Dropped Into The Salvation Army Red Kettle In...
CHICAGO (CBS)– A gold coin worth over $1,000 was dropped into one of The Salvation Army red kettles in Kankakee County. According to officials, this incident marks the 29th year in a row that an...
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Tighter COVID-19 Restrictions In Will, Kankakee Counties
CHICAGO (CBS) — COVID-19 cases are so bad in Will and Kankakee counties, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is shutting down certain services. Those counties are reporting 8% positivity for the past three...
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Gov. JB Pritzker Announces New Rule Requiring Masks While Interacting With...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A day after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions in Will and Kankakee counties, due to rising positive test rates, Gov. JB Pritzker expanded the state’s mask requirement in restaurants...
View ArticleGov. JB Pritzker Pleased To See Decrease In COVID Cases In Will And Kankakee...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Nearly three weeks after tightening COVID-19 restrictions in Will and Kankakee counties, Gov. JB Pritzker said that region of the state has started seeing a decrease in new cases, and...
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Increased COVID-19 Restrictions In Will And Kankakee Counties To Be Lifted;...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Bars and restaurants in Will and Kankakee counties will be able to resume serving customers indoors at 5 p.m. on Friday, as Gov. JB Pritzker lifts tougher COVID-19 mitigations that were...
View ArticleKankakee, Will Counties Reopen After COVID-19 Restrictions
CHICAGO (CBS) — A drop in the positivity rate in Will and Kankakee counties also gave bars and restaurants the green light for indoor service. Governor JB Pritzker slapped restrictions on them weeks...
View Article‘It Was A Matter Of Survival’: Suburban Restaurants Flout COVID-19...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Friday was the first day of no indoor dining in the Chicago suburbs as COVID-19 restrictions are rolled back out, and some businesses are defying the governor’s orders. Spiro Roumpas,...
View ArticleRestaurants In Will, Kankakee Counties On Verge Of Resuming Indoor Dining As...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Indoor dining may be back in some Chicago suburbs as Will and Kankakee counties are expected to move to Tier 1. In Will County some restaurants already have customers inside and spaced...
View ArticleLimited Indoor Dining Resumes In Will And Kankakee Counties; Chicago Hoping...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Will and Kankakee counties became the latest part of the state to allow for indoor service at restaurants and bars, after the state loosened COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday. The two...
View ArticleKankakee County At Bottom For COVID-19 Vaccination Rates In Northern...
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...
View Article2 Killed, 1 Injured In Broad-Daylight Shootout, ‘Running Gun Battle’ Outside...
KANKAKEE, Ill. (CBS) — Police in Kankakee believe an internal gang conflict sparked a shootout that left two men dead and a third wounded outside the county courthouse Thursday morning. Kankakee police...
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Suspect Arrested In Shooting That Killed One Bradley Police Officer, Wounded...
BRADLEY, Ill. (CBS) – A man wanted in the shooting death of a Bradley police officer and the wounding of another was arrested Friday morning in rural northeast Indiana. A woman wanted in connection...
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