A $146.4 million bid has been accepted for the redesign and rebuild of east Kankakee 's Interstate 57's 312 interchange. Read More

IROQUOIS AND FORD COUNTIES - Rebuild Illinois is continuing to improve mobility, safety and quality of life in Iroquois and Ford counties and along the Interstate 57 corridor, with the ... Read More

QuikTrip is slated to begin construction on its now-$20-million develop in south Kankakee. Honest ... and exit along the four-lane highway ultimately was not allowed by the Illinois Department of ... Read More

Illinois State Police are on the scene of a truck fire that has closed lanes of Interstate 57 near Kankakee. According to an update from police, the truck fire broke out near milepost 300, ... Read More

Kankakee, IL (April 21, 2025) - A tragic car accident in Kankakee early Sunday morning resulted in the deaths of three residents after a vehicle crashed and caught fire. The incident occurred in the ... Read More

Steven M. Bisaillon and Jason Diaz ran in the general election for Bourbonnais Township Highway Commissioner (Kankakee County) on April 1, 2025. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate ... Read More

In the Chicago area, the advisory is in effect for Kankakee County in Illinois, as well as Newton ... Impacts are especially expected along Interstate 57 from mile markers 258 and 324, as well ... Read More

CHEBANSE - A Mahomet man has been charged after his vehicle allegedly struck a stopped Illinois State Police squad car on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County. Harold McComb, 66, was charged with ... Read More

CHEBANSE - Illinois State Police officials investigated a traffic crash that occurred on Interstate 57 involving an ISP trooper, who had just finished removing debris from the roadway, when their ... Read More

CHICAGO (CBS) --After the charter bus company they'd hired to take them to Florida left them stranded, a prestigious cheerleading team from Kankakee ... over on Interstate 57 during bad weather. Read More

I called Drake as soon as I knew I was ovulating. He said, '?Forget the trip to downstate. Just meet me at the Burger King in Kankakee. You know, that exit, Kankakee, or maybe it's Dwight, near the men ... Read More

Two people died in separate vehicle crashes Saturday in Kankakee County. The first fatal occurred at 4:34 a.m. in the 1100 block of 13000E Road in Pembroke Township. It is two miles north of Hopkins ... Read More

The two suspects - 21-year-old Johnny McCaskill, of Chicago, and 25-year-old Eric Johnson, also of Chicago - ran from a stolen vehicle into a bean field near Exit 308 on ... Read More

'?We are a direct pipeline from the city of Chicago. Interstate 57 runs right through Kankakee County and so there are a number of those who are here illegally in the community already,'? Downey said. Read More

those thunderstorms could develop across areas to the south of Interstate 80, including parts of Grundy, Will and Kankakee counties. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news ... Read More

Rep. Haas Celebrates IDOT Vehicle Procurement in District 79 (Kankakee, IL) - Following the announcement of $57.1 million awarded in new paratransit vehicles on behalf of the Illinois Department of ... Read More

Another video showed several cars off the side of Interstate 57 in Kankakee, Illinois, south of Chicago on Monday. Forecasters across the region had urged people to "stay home unless absolutely ... Read More

A two-vehicle crash left four children injured, one seriously, Thursday night in Kankakee. Illinois enacting a law that ends cash bail is a "backdoor way" to defund law enforcement and will likely ... Read More

Illinois State Police Troop 5 responded to an accident in Kankakee County that temporarily shut down both directions of Interstate 57 traffic between mileposts 318 and 322. The ... Read More

A group of Venezuelan migrants were dropped off early Thursday morning on the south portion of Kankakee at Love's Travel Stop near Interstate 57 exit 308. Kankakee County Sheriff Mike ... Read More

A multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County sent three people to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries Friday. The crash occurred at 8:58 a.m. in the southbound lanes at ... Read More

SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE - Two Florida residents were killed and four other people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County. At 1:13 p.m., a ... Read More