• Man Shot and Killed in Kankakee Sunday Night

A person was shot and killed late Sunday night on Kankakee's east side. According to a press release from Kankakee City Police, the homicide occurred just before 10:30 Sunday night in a parking lot in the 900 block of East Court Street. When officers arrived on the scene after reports of several gunshots fired in the area, they found 20 year old Donnie E. Smith of Chicago lying in a parking lot with gunshot wounds. Smith was transported to a local hospital where he later died of his injuries. Kankakee city detectives urge anyone with information to reach out to their office or call crime stoppers at 815.93 CRIME. Information leading to an arrest may be eligible for a cash reward and callers can remain anonymous.

• Fire Destroys Home Northeast of Roselawn, Indiana 

A fire destroyed a home in Keener Township, Northeast of Roselawn, Indiana Thursday. Keener Township Fire Department says they responded to a two story home around nine Thursday morning on Potomac Drive. Fire conditions prevented crews from making entry into the home and parts of the interior started to collapse. Two people were in the home at the time of the fire and were able to get out safely.  No injuries were reported. Crews remained on scene for almost three hours and were assisted by four other departments. No one was injured in the blaze. 

• Semi-Trailers Burglarized in Bourbonnais Thursday

Four semi trailers were broken into at a truck stop in Bourbonnais Thursday morning. According to Bourbonnais Police, the break ins happened around two Thursday morning at a truck stop on Quebec Drive when a semi driver who was sleeping in his truck was awakened by two people breaking into his trailer. When the driver got out of his truck to look, he saw the pair had fled east towards I-57. Police say nothing appeared to be missing from the semi trailers. Kankakee City Police reported a similar incident happened overnight Thursday in the 2200 block of East Court Street where a semi trailer was broken into but nothing was taken. 

• Kankakee Woman Arrested for Posting Sexual Content without Consent

A Kankakee woman has been arrested after allegedly posting a sexually explicit video of someone else on social media without their consent. According to Kankakee City Police, the victim in the video reported the incident to officers on September 25th. 20 year old Omauriyah A. Armstrong was arrested Thursday and charged with Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images.

• Diesel Fuel Stolen from Semi-Truck in Kankakee

Someone stole several gallons of diesel fuel from a semi truck on Kankakee's east side Wednesday. According to Kankakee City Police reports, the theft happened just before midnight Wednesday at a trucking business in the 1300 block of Stanford Drive. Video security footage appears to show a white semi hauling an Amazon trailer pulling up to the victims truck, and the driver getting out to siphon fuel from the parked truck. Afterwards, the driver got back in his truck and headed west bound on Grinnell Road. The victim estimates around 65 gallons of diesel was stolen from his truck. Police were able to obtain the trailer number of the Amazon semi through the surveillance footage. 

• Doctor and Nurse Fired at Crown Point, Indiana Hospital

A doctor and nurse at a Northwest Indiana hospital are fired a week after a pregnant Chicago woman was prematurely discharged.  Shortly after Mercedes Wells was released last week from Franciscan Health Crown Point, she gave birth

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