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The good news came from Olivet Nazarene University today.  The Bears are be going to be around a while. The Chicago Bears and Olivet Nazarene University announced a deal today (Monday ) that keeps the NFL team's summer...

(August 12, 2013) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today projected that farmers will harvest a record corn crop of 13.76 billion bushels in 2013, up 28 percent from last year and 5 percent larger than the...

An afternoon news conference is expected today at Olivet Nazarene University. The NFL Chicago Bears will say if they plan on being back in Bourbonnais after this mini-camp season. The Daily-Journal reports Chicago Bears general...

Charities in nine counties have a chance to apply for grants through the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois. The foundation gives away nearly $1 million a year to non-profit organizations and scholarship recipients in...

Potential roadblocks are surfacing to the proposed Illiana Expressway that would connect Interstates 55 and 65 in Illinois and Indiana. Two months ago, Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider was in Joliet to announce an...

A woman facing murder charges in the 2011 death of a foster child has been released from the Livingston County jail. 29-year-old Heather Lamie posted bond and was released Friday. Her attorney was successful Thursday in having...

2012 Community Benefit Report Released Posted: Friday, August 9, 2013 KANKAKEE, IL (August 8, 2013) –Riverside Medical Center is committed to bringing health, healing and access to quality care for those living throughout the...

Ford County State's Attorney Matt Fitton is reviewing the case against a Gibson City man who's charged in the beating of another Gibson City man. Aggravated battery against 34-year-old Ryan Nibbe could be bumped...since the...

In Livingston County court (Thursday), a judge agreed to reduce the bond for a former Cullom woman facing murder charges in the 2011 death of a foster child. 29-year-old Heather Lamie, who now lives in Kankakee County, still...

State climatologist Jim Angel says it's shaping up to be a cooler than normal August. Angel said in the first week of the month, the statewide average temperature was 72 degrees. That's 1.5 degrees below normal. This follows a...