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The notice comes from employees, who were notified this week. But there's yet to be an official announcement from the company. But Robert Bosch Tool Corporation is leaving Watseka next year. The closing of the Watseka facility...

Details concerning a freak accident at Warner Bridge Road were still being put together, but the Kankakee County Coroner's office reports a high school student is dead after what may have been a prank. 18-year-old Kaelynn Fay of...

The owners of the Settlers Trail Wind Farm in Iroquois County are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by township officials. Sheldon Township is suing the wind farm owner, E.On Climate and Renewables North America LLC, for...

A car-train collision this (Fri) morning in Kankakee. The driver of a pickup truck is believed to have gone around the crossing gates. The truck driver survived the crash. It happened on West Jeffrey Street at East Avenue...

40-year-old Williams Kibbons of Bonfield was handed am eight-year prison term for a DUI traffic accident. Kibbons plead guilty (Wednesday). He was facing up to 12 years. Prosecutors said Kibbons had a blood alcohol content...

                          *  Prosecutors announce two more arrests in murder case  * A White County, Indiana jury has found a Schererville (IN) man...

Projects Will Improve State's Infrastructure and Create Construction Jobs KANKAKEE – Governor Pat Quinn today announced more than $11.6 million in capital investments for construction projects in Iroquois and Kankakee Counties...

Twenty-year-old Kymber Nakearts of Clifton is the new fair queen in Iroquois County. She was crowned Wednesday night to open the 2013 fair at Crescent City. The daughter of Kim and Pam Nakaerts, Kymber was the judges’ selection...

Prosecutors said an unarmed man was shot when the Wade cousins were out looking for revenge. A Kankakee County jury agreed, finding Jerrell and Jonathan Wade guilty of the attempted murder of another Kankakee man. The...

A 68-year-old female was killed late Wednesday afternoon in a six-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on Interstate 55 near Wilmington. Illinois State police report the crash happened about 4:30 pm north of North River Road, in a...