Bradley News

Burglary A 10-speed bike, weed eater and a push mower were reported stolen to Bradley police from a shed in the 200 block of North Clinton Avenue at 4:47 pm.

If there's two things people want, it's to travel and to win the lottery. Especially when the jackpot reaches epic proportions.

A 20-year-old Bourbonnais man was arrested for driving under the influence after he crashed a stolen car into a tree early Thursday morning.

Battery Marquis D. Foster, 20, of Kankakee, was arrested by Bradley police at 10:46 p.m. Friday for aggravated domestic battery.

Pictured as CENTURY 21 Coleman-Hornsby representatives make an $1,100 check presentation during the Will-Grundy Easter Seals Telethon are, from left, Tami Ferguson, Shawn Hornsby, Easter Seals Telethon host Jack Daly, Theresa Lamb, JoEllyn Johnson and Rodney Baudino.

Bradley Mayor Bruce Adams was sworn back into office Monday night despite attempts from the losing candidate to stall the process.

A 32-year-old Bradley man was arrested Friday by Kankakee Police and the Kankakee County Major Crimes Task Force for an outstanding warrant stemming from an illegal sale of a gun to an undercover officer.

Playing with Legos is educational. However, it was not what the majority of the room of 57 area teenagers were anticipating at a teen conference on Tuesday.

Battery A woman reported being spit on to Kankakee police at 2:43 p.m. Thursday.

The area's first O'Reilly Auto Parts store opened in February in the Shoppes at Meadowview.

While post offices in Aroma Park, Reddick and Buckingham will not stop services or permanently close any time soon, postal employees will have their pay decreased in order to keep them open.

Vandals destroyed miniature golf obstacles, golf ball washers and benches - causing about $3,000 worth of damage - at Aspen Ridge Golf Course in Bradley sometime between 8 p.m. on Monday and early Tuesday morning.

Battery Willie Smith, 18, of Bradley, was arrested by Kankakee police at 12:35 p.m. Friday for aggravated battery and disorderly conduct.

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced the awarding of a $332,000 federal grant to the Bradley Fire Department in Bradley, Illinois.

United Way of Kankakee County has a new mission. Beginning in July, the United Way will expand to become the United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois counties.

Nearly three weeks after losing his bid to be Bradley's next mayor, Mike Watson is asking for a new election.

The River Valley Metro Mass Transit District continues to gain ridership and inches toward the magical 1 million mark.

DUI Jose Antonio Hernandez, 32, of Manteno, was arrested by Bradley police at 2:51 a.m. Sunday for driving under the influence of alcohol.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security released job data and the number of jobs in March increased more in Rockford metro area than any other area of the state.

With the public bus system, expanded bicycle paths and good selection of biking streets "you could live in Kankakee now without a car," Bradley bicycle shop owner Steve Linneman said at Wednesday's Sustainability Expo at Kankakee Community College.