Manteno

An Illinois man is accused of trying to set fire to a mobile home where his unborn child’s mother and her 2-year-old son lived on Monday.

A boil order is in effect for multiple areas following last week's heavy rainfall in Kankakee and University Park.

The City of Manteno's Village Board approved a zoning change that will allow for the construction of an electric vehicle battery plant.

A veterans' home in south suburban Kankakee County is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak among its residents and staff.

Alongside J.B. Pritzker, Chinese manufacturer Gotion announced Friday it will be building a new $2 billion electric vehicle battery gigafactory in south suburban Manteno.

Libraries across Illinois are getting a boost for their literacy programs.

A woman was charged with abducting four girls from a park in Manteno at knifepoint Monday. 

Authorities believe the incident occurred during a dispute among employees outside a warehouse distribution center in Manteno.

Tornado warnings were issued for a dozen cities and towns in the Chicago suburbs on Saturday, including Bradley, Manteno, Peotone, Lansing and Bourbonnais. Tornado sirens briefly blared in parts of Chicago Saturday afternoon, but a tornado warning was allowed to expire after rotation clouds passed over the North and Lower West sides of the city.

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect or suspects involved in a home invasion in suburban Manteno.