WILMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) -- People living along the Kankakee River were in a precarious situation Thursday night – with officials warning at any time that an ice jam along the river could break ...

the Kankakee River squiggles westward through some of the richest hardwood forests and aquatic and wildlife habitats in Illinois. East of Momence, across the state line in Indiana, the Kankakee ...

WILMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) – Residents along the Kankakee River in Will County, nearly 50 miles southwest of Chicago, are still dealing with the ice jam that poses a flooding risk to nearby properties.

Water levels on the Kankakee River continue to rapidly decrease after “life-threatening” flooding in Wilmington forced residents and businesses to evacuate Friday. Now, county and local ...

JASPER COUNTY, Ind. (WLS) -- Widespread flooding in Jasper County in northwest Indiana continued Saturday morning after a Kankakee River levee broke near Hebron. That breach left many homes ...

All the ditching, draining and dredging, however, hadn’t completely drained the marshlands. The reason was a natural limestone dam in Illinois that kept the river level high in Indiana. In 1893 ...

The Indiana Department of Transportation has been working with Melton's commission, designing the bridge over the Kankakee River to allow heavy equipment to drive under the bridge to reach the ...

Two children reportedly drowned in the Kankakee River in southern Lake County on ... according to a news release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources law enforcement division.

The planned Kankakee Welcome Center, sandwiched between the Kankakee River and Roselawn in Northwest Indiana, is characterized by its modern design with a wavy roof meant to represent the dunes of ...

LAKE VILLAGE, Indiana -- The father of two young boys may have been under the influence of narcotics when his sons drowned in the Kankakee River, according to the Lake County Indiana Sheriff Oscar ...

The grieving family of a six-year-old boy who drowned after falling into Illinois's Kankakee River this week is reaching out to the community for prayers and support. Jamir Frazier, 6, was trying ...