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The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office identified 41-year-old Stantio Martinez of Willowbrook as the victim of a fatal car crash in Iroquois County Wednesday. Martinez died of injuries at Riverside Hospital. He was a passenger in a...

Kankakee County Public Health (Wednesday) announced an additional 28 new cases of coronavirus. It brings the total number of confirmed cases in the county 1,124. There are still 53 deaths, none reported Wednesday. Iroquois County...

A 2-vehicle accident in Iroquois County today (Wednesday) left one person dead. Sheriff’s Police report a passenger in a vehicle driven by Felipe Aranda was pronounced dead at Riverside Hospital. Aranda’s vehicle was westbound on...

One of two missing fishermen swept away in the Kankakee River early this month was found yesterday (Tues) in the Illinois River in Grundy County. The body of 42-year-old William Veasley of Matteson was identified by Grundy County...

Manteno Veterans Home officials are reporting 10 veterans have died at the facility in Kankakee County …the deaths attributed to the COVID-19 virus. There are 69 others who have tested positive for the virus. Twenty-two of those...

Authorities recovered the body of one of two fishermen who fell into the Kankakee River on May 7 after their boat capsized. Police say a body was discovered in the water at 5 am Tuesday by employees at the Dresden Lock and...

The Rita B. Garman Vermilion County Courthouse in Danville is going to resume most operations on Monday, June first. Judge Thomas O’Shaughnessy entered an Administrative Order saying all court operations, except jury trials, will...

Iroquois County Board Chairman John Shure is announcing the Administrative Center Offices in Watseka will open for the public tomorrow (Thursday 5/28). The offices of county clerk, county treasurer, assessment, zoning and finance...

As the statewide COVID-19 death toll approaches 5,000, Illinois officials are hopeful they are seeing the start of a downward trend in cases in recent weeks, with decreases in the weekly death count, hospitalizations and positive...

Organizers of the Lake County Fair at Crown Point, IN have announced this summer's fair is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fair president said the cancellation is in the best interests of the public's safety. Warren...