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Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey delivered some good news to the County Board finance leaders Monday. More ICE detainees have arrived for housing at the county jail. That means more revenue. There’s now 121 detainees. The...

An armed robbery of the Verizon store in Bradley Sunday is under investigation. Two men are reported to have entered the store on Route 50 about 10:30 am. Customers and employees were tied up while the assailants fled with with...

Additional community leaders have announced their trick 'r treating hours for today, October 31st.  The 94.1 WGFA website posted hours in area towns last week (They can be found on this site). Trick 'R Treat Hours today...

A Twin Lakes High School principal who was put on administrative leave for operating a vehicle while intoxicated has pleaded guilty. Jennifer Miller was arrested in August after a witness called 911 to report an intoxicated...

Indiana State Police and other emergency responders assisted at the scene of a rollover accident Sunday in Jasper County. Two were air-lifted to Indianapolis. Others were treated at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee. It happened...

The state's child welfare agency is investigating to determine if neglect was involved in the death of a three-month-old boy from the Will County town of Beecher. The child was pronounced dead Thursday morning at St. James...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is working with the State Board of Elections alerting voters about the vote by mail process. There have been complaints from voters claiming they’ve applied for an early-vote ballot but...

Investigators are looking into another Pembroke Township fire and its connection to four shooting deaths earlier this month. A Pembroke trailer home where a man was found shot to death October 1st was set on fire Thursday. The...

A North Newton High School teacher is on administrative leave while the school district investigates a case from earlier this month. School Corporation Superintendent Destin Haas reports math teacher Kari Smundin was placed on...

Transportation funding isn’t flowing in Illinois. And it’s forcing transit districts to cut back and, in some cases, even eliminate services in metro areas. River Valley METRO – the mass transit district serving the greater...