Will County Health Department Environmental Health Division has discovered a second positive West Nile virus sample taken from a mosquito set in one of 14 traps around Will County, this time in Manhattan. It’s the second sample discovered there. The other samples were taken from Lockport, Plainfield and Joliet.

Today’s coffee comes to us from Starved Rock Coffee Company. Their choice blend is the El Salvador Microlot from Finca San Andres Farm. A medium roast with a juicy body and smooth notes of caramel and Concord grape.

Following Governor JB Pritzker’s July 3 request in the wake of historic flooding across the state, today the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an agriculture disaster in all 102 Illinois counties.

The city of Kankakee welcomed two, new police officers during this week’s city council meeting. Patrolman Jonathan Golden and patrolman Mario Martinez proudly stood beside Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong as Kankakee police chief, Frank Kosman, introduced them before the council.

While you enjoy the sights and sounds of the band, Hey Jimmy! at Rockin on the Square on August 16, you will be able...

The City of Joliet’s severe weather warning system will experience an upgrade beginning Friday, August 9, 2019. This new software will monitor Tornado Warnings issued by the National Weather Service and only sound severe weather sirens where a threat has been indicated.