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Balloons Over Vermilion is back ! The popular event returns Saturday, after an absence, to light the sky over the Vermilion Airport. Hot air balloons helped highlight the Danville Dans Baseball game last Saturday night. Ronald...

Mark your calendars for July 16, 2016.....the date for the sixth annual Tractors for A Cure (TFAC) Fundraiser. The event will be held at a new venue in downtown Peotone, Illinois (on 2nd St between Crawford and Main Streets) with...

A smaller audience gathered on the lawn at the Kankakee County Courthouse (Sunday) where a prayer vigil remembered the police-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota last week, or the police deaths in Dallas. Organizers...

There were tears and smiles, proud emotions displayed at the Manteno Veterans Home Saturday. Hundreds gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. It was a long-awaited welcome home for many Vietnam-era...

Kankakee County’s continuing problem of trying to balance the budget is posing another issue, and the matter may lead to a union grievance. Correctional officers at the Jerome Combs Detention Center have raised the concern of...

Patrol cars have aged in Iroquois County...some more than 10 years-old and with over 200,000 miles. It’s reached the breaking point, according to Sheriff Derek Hagen. Hagen told the Finance committee (Thursday) he refrained from...

Rantoul police report an Indiana man who stopped to read a map at a Rantoul gas station is now facing felony charges – after weapons and drugs were found in his vehicle. 24-year-old Joshua Wozniak of Michigan City (IN) was...

The White County Sheriff’s Office reports one person is dead after a crash between a pick-up and a semi on U.S. 421 Thursday. The crash happened around 3:20 pm, just north of Monon. 41-year-old Aaron Jachim of Star City was the...

A traffic stop by Indiana State Police uncovered 20 pounds of spice and led to one arrest. Police say the investigation continues. A vehicle was stopped Wednesday just before 3:45 pm on State Road 18. 32-year-old Toby Gregory...

The annual Newton County, IN Punkin Vine Fair starts this next week.  The 97th edition of the fair unfolds at the fairgrounds north of Kentland.  Many of the usual attractions are included, including the Queen pageant...