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Street talk and social media rhetoric about an assault in Watseka this week are unfounded. That's the word from Watseka Police. Police Chief Roger Lebeck states in a news release, The Watseka Police Department investigated a...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Harvest is in full swing across the country, and farmers in many states are surprised at the abundance of corn they're getting from their fields. Dairy farmer Ben Steffen, who also grows corn...

The vacancy in the top position of the Economic Alliance of Kankakee County is no longer vacant. Pat Martin has been named to fill the post recently vacated by Joe Franco. Franco had been the only chairman of the organization...

The battering of a student on a school bus in Pembroke Township now finds five people facing indictment. The Kankakee County grand jury returned its ruling against the five for Battery and Mob Action. It was September 16th when...

Sheriff investigators in Vermilion County are looking into whether two people arrested this week can be connected to recent residential burglaries in northern Vermilion County. Police report there's been an increase in...

Two Kankakee cousins, 22-year-old Jonathon and 26-year-old Jerrell Wade, have been handed lengthy prison terms. The two men were found guilty in July for the shooting of 25-year-old Greg Dismuik. Jonathon was sentenced to 32...

Indiana State Police report a semi tied up traffic on I-65 near Lowell Thursday morning. A Valparaiso, IN truck driver lost control while southbound around 11 am. The truck was changing lanes in a construction zone when it left...

Police in Indiana used stop-sticks to bring a fleeing pickup to a stop Wednesday. A DeMotte man was arrested. 27-year-old Jason Van Buren faces charges. He was stopped on State Road 10 but then fled form the officer. Police...

A rural Melvin woman died from injuries received in a two-vehicle crash north of Melvin Wednesday. Ford County Coroner Doug Wallace said 58-year-old Kitty Mullins was pronounced dead at 10:45 am at Gibson Area Hospital in Gibson...

A farming accident Tuesday evening in Iroquois County killed a Gilman farmer. 47-year-old Vaughn Borchers died of injuries he received in the accident. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup reported the victim was pronounced...