Illinois Conservation Police arrested four men in eastern Kankakee County for poaching deer. The men are from Chicago and Hammond, Ind. They're believed to have been taking deer out of season for much of the year.
Conservation...
A 55-year-old Paxton man faces charges after he allegedly stabbed a bartender at a Paxton bar. Tracy Joyce had bond set Thursday at $50,000. He's been arrested for aggravated battery, aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, and...
A Monticello, IN garage caught fire when a man was burning brush near his residence.
Firefighters responded to the garage fire Wednesday around 5:30 pm. The owner Patrick Brunette received minor burns while attempting to...
Illinois farmers are expected to plant 11.7 million acres of corn this year, down two-percent from last year. It would be the lowest acreage planted in corn in the state since 2006. Meanwhile, soybean planting in Illinois is...
Thursday Update: 4-2-15
Several law enforcement officers continue their search today for escaped inmate Kamron Taylor. The 23-year-old convicted killer is considered armed and dangerous. He battered a correctional officer and...
Kankakee County Sheriff's police issued a 'Missing Person' alert Wednesday, stating the department believed a 15-year-old female may be with escaped-convict Kamron Taylor.
But later, a press release said 15-year-old Savannah...
A convicted killer remained at large today (Wed) after overpowering a correctional guard and then escaping from the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee County.
A stolen vehicle Kamron Taylor took from the jail facility was...
Ameren Illinois says its customers are benefiting from a drop in the cost of natural gas. The company also says because it purchases a significant amount of natural gas for customers during the summer and stores it for later use...
An investigative team is at work in Kankakee trying to find answers as to how convicted-killer Kamron Taylor managed to escape from the Kankakee County Detention Center.
The 23-year-old, who was awaiting sentencing for murder...
Unemployment numbers show a decline again. Unemployment fell in Iroquois, Vermilion and Champaign Counties during February.
In Iroquois County the rate fell over the year from 9.4 percent last February to 6.5 percent here in...
