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 "Community Spirit" was the theme. The Annual Awards Banquet for the Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Chamber members, guests and friends at the Shewami Country Club (Wednesday). The Professional Award was...

Another milestone reached for River Valley Metro Mass Transit. The numbers continue to show the value of public transportation in the Kankakee area. On April 30th, RVM surpassed 14 million rides since the company began serving...

Kankakee County is boasting about another successful Drug Take Back effort last weekend.  Saturday 4/27, some 725 pounds of expired, unwanted prescription drugs were turned in for disposal in Kankakee County...

The Illinois Secretary of State's Office has created a "one stop shop" experience to make everyone's visit to the DMV a bit more comfortable.  The trip to a Department of Motor Vehicle office oftentimes is time consuming and...

The Village of Bradley celebrated a ground-breaking event (Tuesday).  Officials gathered for the start of the construction of a new sports complex - a baseball and softball facility along St. George Road.  It's a $35...

Throughout the month of May, Governor Pritzker, the Illinois State Police (ISP), and law enforcement agencies across the state will celebrate Law Enforcement Appreciation Month in Illinois. ​ Governor Pritzker proclaimed May as...

                                  Carter Meister sentenced for sexual assault of a minor A former Fairbury Police Department officer was...

The Champaign County Coroner's Office has identified an Avon, IN man who died from injuries in a two-vehicle crash last Thursday. 19-year-old Andrew Wade Thomas died at Carle Hospital in UJrbana about 30 minutes after the...

Weather permitting, the Union Pacific begins a railroad crossing improvement project this (Monday) evening.  The crossing, at McNamara and North Street, will be closed to traffic for about four days while the grade-crossing...

The Illinois State Police (ISP) is warning the public of a phone scam.  ISP reports receiving several phone calls from individuals saying a person claiming to be an ISP investigator telling them their identity has been...