Walter's Perspective: Leave George Ryan Be
CBS 2's Walter Jacobson takes a poll of commuters about the former governor of Illinois.
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CBS 2's Walter Jacobson takes a poll of commuters about the former governor of Illinois.
One person was killed and several school children injured in a crash involving a car and a school bus near Kankakee.
The showers that made this Friday morning gloomy have largely moved on their way, but look for a major drop in the temperature accompanying the sunny skies when the weekend begins.
A man is in custody for a hit-and-run crash that left another motorist seriously injured Monday in Kankakee County.
A lawyer is accused of taking his clients' money and leaving them high and dry, as he tried to decide whether to party in Chicago or California.
A grandmother in Kankakee will spend New Year's worrying if she'll get sent back to prison. She was convicted some 15 years ago of shaking her grandson to death.
The mayor of Kankakee is asking the City of Chicago and the Regional Transportation Authority to drop their lawsuits, which accuse her city and Channahon of allowing businesses to use their cities as havens to dodge Chicago sales taxes.
The City of Chicago and the Regional Transportation Authority each filed a lawsuit Tuesday, over retailers who are doing business in the city, but routing sales through "sham shops" in other cities where the sales taxes are lower.
More and more companies are finding a loophole, out of the high sales tax in some counties, but Chicago officials may try to put a stop to that.
An explosion near the town of Herscher has injured five people.
A 7-year-old boy who is suspected of starting a fire at a church by using a lighted candle was burned but not seriously injured Sunday morning in Kankakee.
Firefighters in far south suburban Kankakee are battling a two-alarm fire Tuesday night.
State police in the far south suburbs are warning motorists to stay off an "impassable" I-57 and area highways, which have forced dozens of motorists -- and even and IDOT plow -- to abandon their vehicles.
Former Gov. George Ryan already got to visit his ailing wife earlier this week, and should now be kept in prison, federal prosecutors say.
One day after his wife was hospitalized in intensive care for a severe infection, former Gov. George Ryan was still waiting to hear if he can leave prison temporarily to be at her side.
Fire officials say no one apparently was injured in the explosion at a wastewater treatment plant.
The first Dairy Queen store was in--surprise--Joliet and now the location is an official local landmark.
