Breaking | Kankakee County

Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner identified 34-year-old Jose Orozco, of Bradley, as the suspect Bradley police officers shot and killed during a well-being check in the 600 block of Jonette Avenue Wednesday.

The Kankakee County Branch of the NAACP released a statement regarding Wednesday’s shooting involving Bradley Police officers and a 36-year-old man.

A fatal shooting Wednesday is being investigated by Illinois State Police as Bradley Police officers were involved.

Police are on the scene of a shooting that left one man wounded in the 600 block of Jonette Avenue in Bradley.

A Kankakee man left behind suitcases containing a rifle and ammunition after he was told he was banned from Harrah's casino in Joliet, according to prosecutors.

A Will County judge said Jenna Strouble, the woman charged with the murders of three people in Crete Township last month, posed "a danger to other family members" on Monday.

A 911 dispatcher for WESCOM was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Sunday on Interstate 55 near Channahon. WESCOM said "to say she will be missed would be an understatement"

About 1 to 3 inches of rain fell over the area Friday night, with a localized amounts near 4 inches across parts of central Livingston county, the National Weather Service said.

A Kankakee school teacher was fired this week after sending a racist image to other staff members from her school email account.

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