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A Monday morning shooting has left a 21-year-old Kankakee man in critical condition. Police say a second man is in custody charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. The victim is Nelson Williams Jr. The...

A man and a woman were resuced from the Kankakee River Sunday afternoon after their canoe capsized in fast-moving waters.  The Limestone Township Fire rescue team was alerted to the Warner Bridge area around 2 pm.&nbsp...

A Livingston County grand jury has indicted a former foster mother on two counts of murder in the 2011 death of a 4-year-old girl who was in her care. 29-year-old Heather Lamie was arrested at her Kankakee County home late Friday...

                              Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June...

The Illinois Farm Bureau is expressing its disappointment in the failure of the U.S. House to pass a farm bill. The House rejected a five year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that would have cut $2 billion annually from food...

A defense expert will render ballistics testing on a bullet fragment in the Andrew Condon murder case in Iroquois County. That test may lead to a trial date for Condon, who's jailed and charged with murder for last year's...

MELVIN — This year's Ford County Fair, running June 23-29 at the fairgrounds in Melvin, may look different than in the past. The fair has added numerous new events to its schedule, while keeping some old favorites, as well. "We...

SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) criticized Democrat leaders in Springfield following a special session Wednesday for continuing to delay action on meaningful public pension reform. Members of the House...

HOOPESTON — Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett asked the Illinois attorney general's office on Wednesday to seek an immediate court order halting operations at J&R Used Tire Service, 103 E. Maple...

The Ford County Board is in no hurry to act on the removal of Doug Corbett as director of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department. A contract states Corbett is under contract and can only be removed if a disability prevents...