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Eighteen-year-old Emanuel Rosenthal of Kankakee is charged with murder for the shooting death of 53-year-old Leon Tucker of Kankakee. Kankakee Police arrested Rosenthal Friday. No details were released as to what led...

An Oxford, Indiana man is accused of a sexual relationship with a minor. 43-year-old Chad Leuck was arrested Wednesday in Benton County. Charges against him include Child Solicitation, Child Exploitation, and Sexual Misconduct...

Blue-light specials in Danville are coming to an end. The Big K-Mart Store is closing its doors. Sears Holdings Corp. announced Thursday that the Kmart store on N. Vermilion Street in Danville is one of 68 Kmart stores and 10...

                   Denial ends process for seeking federal assistance The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today denied the...

Officials in Kankakee and Vermilion County are teaming up with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to collect those unwanted or used prescription medicines you may have around your homes. Scheduled 'Drug Take-Back Day'...

A pot-growing operation near a school led to the arrests of two people Wednesday. Bradley police busted a couple who were growing marijuana in their house. 37-year-old Joshua Oden and 31-year-old Renee Kennedy are charged with...

The City of Watseka has set its annual citywide clean-up for early May. Dumpsters will be provided at the city-owned yard waste facility on South 2nd Street on Saturday and Sunday, May 7th and 8th. The service is for Watseka...

Unemployment rates are up across East-Central Illinois. New numbers released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security show numbers increasing in Iroquois, Ford and Vermilion Counties. In Iroquois County the jobless rate...

A Gibson City man was ordered back to prison for a 10-year term for his part in a fight that injured and killed another Gibson City man in 2013. 36-year-old Ryan Nibbe, prosecutors proved at trial, threw a punch that killed...

The Illinois Attorney General's office has issued a ruling that an emergency meeting the Kankakee County Board held in 2015 violated the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The local watchdog group, OUTRAGE, brought the complaint to the...