UPDATE: Pembroke shooting victim also a suspect; possible arson followed melee

Police are continuing to investigate the crimes in Pembroke — including multiple fights, a shooting and possible arson — that resulted in three people being injured Saturday nightat Martin Luther King Park during the two-day Pembroke Days festival.

The man whose headwas grazed by a bulletwhen two groups exchanged gunfire is also a shooting suspect, Kankakee County sheriff's police said Monday.

Police interviewed the manSaturday night, but he was uncooperative and has sincebeen airlifted to a Chicago-area hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, but his exact condition was unknown as of 2 p.m. Monday.

A second victim was taken to the hospital for an abdominal wound. Initially, the man was believed to have been shot, but witnesses suggest he may have been stabbed or hit by a car, police said. The man was taken to hospital and was also uncooperative during police interviews.

Four people were taken into custody and questioned by police, but no arrests have been made.

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Video: 8/23: U.S. prepares for possible strike on Syria; San Diego Mayor Bob Filner resigns

8/23: U.S. prepares for possible strike on Syria; San Diego Mayor Bob Filner resigns 21:23 August 23, 2013

8/23: U.S. prepares for possible strike on Syria; San Diego Mayor Bob Filner resignsAs the death toll rises in Syria, the Pentagon makes preparations for action; Then, San Diego's Mayor Bob Filner, embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal, has resigned; Also, Steve Hartman meets a traffic cop with a record number of complaints - zero.

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Kankakee: Hollywood of the Midwest? It's possible, says commerce official

Kankakee County has a fertile agriculture industry and is working to stabilize and grow its manufacturing and construction industries.

Now the county is attempting to nurture another industry: Entertainment.

Specifically, film and television production, but don't expect to see a Hollywood East sign anytime soon.

Doug Redenius, the Momence man who spent years collecting James Bond movie props and even assisting in Bond movie productions, is pushing to get movie and television producers to consider Kankakee County as viable filming locations.

Redenius, 57, who now serves as marketing director for the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County, will meet with the managing director of the Illinois Film Office on Aug. 22.

The meeting with Betsy Steinberg, whom Redenius describes as one of the film industry's most powerful woman east of Hollywood, is designed to gain insight as to how Kankakee County can gain the attention of film makers and production companies.

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