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Convicted murderer Kamron Tayler was arrested by Chicago Police Friday night. And his aunt is jailed in Kankakee charged with aiding the fugitive's escape from the Kankakee County jail last Wednesday morning. Chicago Police...

Chicago police have escaped killer Kamron Taylor in custody. The 23-year-old, who was on the run the last three days, was chased down by a couple of Chicago beat-patrolman Friday night on the city's south side. After escaping...

U.S. Route 45/52 at St. George Road will be bottled up beginning Monday where road construction will be underway from Armour Road north. The northbound traffic will be effected. It's where workers left off last fall, when the...

Authorities are increasing their reward for the capture of a man who escaped from the Kankakee County jail. The reward for Kamron T. Taylor is now at 75-hundred-dollars, up from five-thousand Thursday. Kankakee County Sheriff...

Illinois Conservation Police arrested four men in eastern Kankakee County for poaching deer. The men are from Chicago and Hammond, Ind. They're believed to have been taking deer out of season for much of the year. Conservation...

A 55-year-old Paxton man faces charges after he allegedly stabbed a bartender at a Paxton bar. Tracy Joyce had bond set Thursday at $50,000. He's been arrested for aggravated battery, aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, and...

A Monticello, IN garage caught fire when a man was burning brush near his residence. Firefighters responded to the garage fire Wednesday around 5:30 pm. The owner Patrick Brunette received minor burns while attempting to...

Illinois farmers are expected to plant 11.7 million acres of corn this year, down two-percent from last year. It would be the lowest acreage planted in corn in the state since 2006. Meanwhile, soybean planting in Illinois is...

Thursday Update: 4-2-15 Several law enforcement officers continue their search today for escaped inmate Kamron Taylor. The 23-year-old convicted killer is considered armed and dangerous. He battered a correctional officer and...

Kankakee County Sheriff's police issued a 'Missing Person' alert Wednesday, stating the department believed a 15-year-old female may be with escaped-convict Kamron Taylor. But later, a press release said 15-year-old Savannah...