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Potential roadblocks are surfacing to the proposed Illiana Expressway that would connect Interstates 55 and 65 in Illinois and Indiana. Two months ago, Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider was in Joliet to announce an...

A woman facing murder charges in the 2011 death of a foster child has been released from the Livingston County jail. 29-year-old Heather Lamie posted bond and was released Friday. Her attorney was successful Thursday in having...

2012 Community Benefit Report Released Posted: Friday, August 9, 2013 KANKAKEE, IL (August 8, 2013) –Riverside Medical Center is committed to bringing health, healing and access to quality care for those living throughout the...

Ford County State's Attorney Matt Fitton is reviewing the case against a Gibson City man who's charged in the beating of another Gibson City man. Aggravated battery against 34-year-old Ryan Nibbe could be bumped...since the...

In Livingston County court (Thursday), a judge agreed to reduce the bond for a former Cullom woman facing murder charges in the 2011 death of a foster child. 29-year-old Heather Lamie, who now lives in Kankakee County, still...

State climatologist Jim Angel says it's shaping up to be a cooler than normal August. Angel said in the first week of the month, the statewide average temperature was 72 degrees. That's 1.5 degrees below normal. This follows a...

Hundreds of hospitals are getting millions of dollars from the state. As a part of the Illinois Jobs Now program, Gov. Pat Quinn announced $71.3 million in grants to hospitals. "These investments create hundreds of good...

Investment to Create Jobs and Improve Local Health Care; Includes $641,000 to Two Urbana Hospitals for Emergency Room Expansions URBANA – Governor Pat Quinn today announced $4.7 million in investments to hospitals in central and...

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{source:  Daily-Journal} Alec Anderson, the Kankakee High School head football coach from 1987-96, was found dead Wednesday night at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, where he was serving as athletic director. Anderson, 54...