Kankakee City Police are investigating after a man was shot to death in the City Sunday evening. In a press release, City Police say it was just before six last night when they were called to the 12-hundred block of East Oak Street for a report of shots fired. The caller told dispatchers someone was trying to break into his apartment and he had shot at them. When they got there, City Police say they found a 35-year-old man lying outside the apartment where the attempted break-in had allegedly happened. Reports say the man was taken to the hospital where he later died of his wounds. The shooting is under investigation.
UPDATE: 12/22/25 10:06am: Fatal shooting victim identified:
We know the name now of the man who was shot and killed in Kankakee Sunday evening. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner identified the shooting victim as 35-year-old Travis Hayes of Kankakee. Kankakee City Police say they got a call just before six last night from a person who said someone was trying to break into their apartment and he'd shot him. Hayes was found outside the apartment where the attempted break-in had allegedly happened. Hayes was taken to the hospital where he died about a half hour later. Kankakee City Police and the County Coroner's office continue to investigate the shooting.
Gas prices are down as people hit the roads for the Christmas Holiday. Triple-A says the average cost for a gallon of gas is two-dollars-94 cents across the Land of Lincoln, that's more than 30 cents cheaper than it was a this time last year. Triple-A says gas in Kankakee County is running 2.80 a gallon on average down a penny overnight and down 11 cents in the past week. Gas in Iroquois County is also running 2.80 on average. It's 2.98 on average in Ford County, 2.99 in Livingston County, 2.94 in Grundy County and 2.85 in Will County.
Across the State Line, Triple A says a gallon of gas will set you back two-dollars-66 cents on average in Newton County, 2.90 in Benton County and 2.80 in Jasper County. A gallon of gas is running 2.76 on average across the Hoosier State. The Nation-wide average is two-dollars-85 cents a gallon.
Griffith Indiana police say they have arrested a suspect for the theft of 62-hundred-dollars worth of ice cream. Christopher Stewart is accused of stealing 258-cases of ice cream over several weeks and admitted to police he stole and re-sold it. The thefts happened in northwest Indiana and Stewart is charged with two Level 6 Felonies for theft and one misdemeanor for leaving the scene of a crash. The Level 6 Felony charges carry a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence if he is convicted.
The Newton County Sheriff's Police are reporting another scam going around the area. In this one, the victim got a call saying someone was being released from custody and would be arriving at the victim's home within an hour. The scammer then pressures the victim to pay for "an emergency protective order" by picking from their "tiers of safety" program. The scammer asks for the money to be sent to an individual and not a business. A Newton County resident was scammed out of some 13-hundred dollars. Authorities remind you that legitimate law enforcement or court services do not demand immediate payment over the phone or ask how much money someone has available. Anyone receiving similar calls is advised to hang up and report the incident to law enfor
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