An investigation continues after a 46-year-old man’s body was removed from the Kankakee River (Sunday). Michael Howard of Kankakee was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:25 pm.
Several emergency vehicles blocked traffic at River...
Downtown Kankakee is boasting its ‘shining star,’ the Merchant Street Music Fest today (Friday) and Saturday. Thirty-five different bands offer a variety of musical entertainment, food vendors and crafts and art displays.
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Kankakee, Vermilion County jobless rates improve
New numbers from the Illinois Department of Employment security show both Kankakee and Vermilion counties have continued improvements to their jobless rates.
Vermilion County’s...
A Bourbonnais woman is dead, killed in a traffic accident on I-80, after watching her son play Little League baseball.
37-year-old Jamie Leech was on her way back from Moline after watching her son play in a state Little League...
Birkey’s Farm Store Inc., a full-line Case IH and Case Construction dealer, has agreed to acquire the Farm Pride network of equipment dealerships.
Farm Pride is currently located in Arthur, Shelbyville, Casey, Newton, and...
The FAA will be involved in the investigation of a plane crash overnight at Dwight. A single-engine plan crashed in a bean field. An Oak Park (IL) woman escaped serious injury. She was reportedly the lone person...
The construction of the new bridge over the Iroquois River at Watseka will find the project closing ALL TRAFFIC overnight on August 1.
The bridge traffic, north of Watseka, is limited to a single-lane, controlled by traffic...
A Danville fire Wednesday morning may result in damages over $1 million dollars. A storage trailer at the SYGMA Networks Distribution Center on Southgate Drive caught fire, causing damage to the rear of the building.
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An early-morning house fire in Morocco, Indiana (Wednesday) left the structure destroyed. There was no injury. Morocco Fire Chief Corrie Myers is calling it a total loss.
Morocco Fire and the Indiana Stat5e Fire Marshal’s Office...
A weekend party in Essex won’t happen. Complaints from residents and nearby neighbors forced the matter to the courtroom, and an emergency order to block what’s been called an alcohol-fueled annual party in the small Kankakee...
