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Livingston County State's attorney Seth Uphoff has released additional information concerning a shooting last month at a Pontiac motel. A 27-year-old Pontiac man was charged Tuesday with killing his mother and brother Aug. 20 at...

The Ford County State's Attorney is offering accused murder Ryan Nibbe a chance to plead guilty to 2nd-degree murder for a beating death of another man outside a Gibson City apartment building. State's Attorney Matt Fitton made...

Former Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department administrator Doug Corbett has signed off on an agreement, which authorizes a buyout of his contract. Now, the health department board can begin its search for a new administrator. A...

A motorcycle crash in Newton County, Indiana killed a Wheatfield, Ind. 40-year-old Chad Scolley was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday. Scolley's wife, Teresa, a passenger on the cycle, was hospitalized in Kankakee. The driver...

Momence police chief Tim Swanson resigned from his position Friday. He stepped aside from both his Momence police duties and as a member of the Kankakee County sheriff's department. Swanson was the subject of a federal grand...

It appears there will be a Democratic race in the Illinois Primary Election next year for the Illinois House seat in the 79th legislative district. John Howard, a Kankakee County Board member in Pembroke Township's District 4...

Country Financial reports Illinois had fewer farm-related deaths in the 12 months ending June 30 than it had in any of the previous 35 years. Twelve deaths were reported during the 2012-13 year, down from 20 in 2011-12 and 38 in...

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Several area volunteers are cleaning up the Kankakee and Iroquois rivers today (Sat). The 32nd annual Kankakee and Iroquois River Clean-Up will focus on different parts of the rivers as they remove litter and junk. They'll work...