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The 2-day Merchant Street Music Fest in Kankakee is today (Friday) and Saturday.  Three stages will find musicians providing music, both local and national musicians.  There is also a stage for up-and-coming artists to...

CDC Reports 97 Illinois Counties at High or Medium Community Level; Public Health Officials Urge Illinoisans to Get Up-to-date on Vaccines and Boosters The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 35,371 new...

The shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Kankakee now finds a juvenile facing 2-counts of murder. State’s Attorney Jim Rowe’s office reports a 16-year-old is being charged as an adult in the death of 15-year-old Maurice Wilson...

The death of a Kankakee County teenager in a 2016 crash finds a St. Anne woman re-sentenced to 5 and a-half years in prison.  39-year-old  Carmella Larson was orginally sentenced to six years for the crash that killed...

75-year-old Don Smith of Rudge Farm is jailed on a charge of first-degree murder.  He was arrested Monday without incident after calling 9-1-1 to report that he had just killed his wife.  Vermilion County Sheriff's...

A Vermilion County man is getting federal prison time for counterfeiting.  Jacob Kirkley of Potomac was sentenced to 27-months in federal prison.  He pleaded guilty to manufacturing U.S. currency and passing it at two...

Five central-Illinois counties are sharing grand monies to improve technology and resources available for litigants who represent themselves in court.  The 11th Judicial Circuit finds Ford and Livingston counties among the...

That warmer, humid weather takes a break for a few days.  Sunshine and isolated showers today (Thursday), high at 82.  Sunny Friday and Saturday with highs near 80 - 83.  That 90-degree weather will be back the...

15-year-old Maurice M. Wilson of Kankakee was the victim of a downtown shooting early Saturday. The boy was shot and killed in the 100-block of W. Court Street. A city police news release stated officers responded to shots fired...

Improvements to Watseka’s downtown business district are on the drawing table. An Adhoc Committee met last week asking for suggestions. Mayor John Allhands says a series of follow-up meetings will be scheduled over the upcoming...