CHICAGO (WLS) -- Wilmington residents were allowed to return to their homes after a melting ice jam along the Kankakee River posed a serious flooding threat Wednesday. Firefighters waded through water ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. (WLS) -- A 6-year-old boy who drowned Tuesday after slipping into the Kankakee River has been identified. The boy's name was Jamir Frazier, his family confirmed to ABC7. The Kankakee ...

The body of a 6-year-old boy was recovered from the Kankakee River late Tuesday afternoon, hours after he fell into the river from a dock, according to officials. According to Kankakee mayor Chris ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. — A child has died after they fell into the Kankakee River on Tuesday afternoon. According to Kankakee Mayor Chris Curtis, the 6-year-old boy fell off the dock and into the river at ...

A 6-year-old boy died after falling into an Illinois river while trying to get a ball, police said. Authorities were called to the Kankakee River around 3:08 p.m. on July 16 for reports of a possible ...

To save the rare flower from disappearing, a group of volunteers simulated rolling wildfires on a tiny island near Chicago.

Valparaiso University professor Alfred H. Meyer took a pragmatic approach to the question of Kankakee River restoration options. In his 1935 paper, “The Kankakee Marsh of Northern Indiana and Illinois ...