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KAMEG agents (last Tuesday) arrested Barry L. Brown, age 38, of Kankakee, IL for delivery of a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a church. Brown was arrested near North Street and N. Euclid Avenue in Bradley after he...

35-year-old J.B. Brown Jr.is under arrest for the sale of heroin. KAMEG agents raided Brown's home. More than three-ounces of heroin was found along with a semi-automatic pistol. Authorities report Brown's been arrested 31 times...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Agriculture is again offering farmers a free pesticide container recycling program this summer. Sites throughout the state will collect the containers starting in late July. The used...

By The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers will come through with the predicted corn crop despite the Midwest's wet spring that delayed planting. Some states, including Michigan...

A northbound lane of I-55 near Pontiac will remain closed at least a month. Repairs to the Vermilion River bridge need to be made following an accident. I-DOT reports the work won't begin for about 2-3 weeks. And in the meantime...

Details are very vague, almost non-existent. But there's talk of a new arrangement for public health in Iroquois County. The Iroquois County Board may hear about another county showing interest in forming a health board in...

Strong storms hit the Ford County fairgrounds Monday, delaying the start of the hog show and fair queen pageant. Workers fixed the outdoor track Tuesday, where concert-goers attended the long-awaited Dustin Lynch concert. Fair...

A drive home from a Chicago Cubs game didn't go well for an Armstrong man. 46-year-old Philip Davis was southbound on I-57 at Danforth when he hit the center median cables. State police responded to the crash (Sunday). Davis told...

A brief evacuation this morning at the Valspar Corporation plant on Greenwood Avenue in Kankakee. Kankakee fire reported a fire broke out in a mixing area of the plant. A fire department spokesman said it may have been a chemical...

Kankakee Community College welcomes the public today (Wed) to its grand opening of the new KCC South Extension Center in Watseka. The facility is alongside the Riverside Medical Center at 1488 E. Walnut Street (the former K-Mart...