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A packed crowd donned in red filled celebrations in Watseka Friday for the 2013 IMH Go Red Luncheon (an annual event to fight against heart disease and to promote heart health). Health Screenings were available to participants...

                                    Applications for entry into health career programs at Kankakee Community College are now available.             Two programs have a May 30, 2013 application deadline: Medical Assistant and...

ONARGA, IL – State Sen. Shane Cultra (R-Onarga) offered the following comments after media reports about the Illinois Department of Corrections shelving its plans to shutter the Dwight and Tamms Correctional Centers by Aug...

WATSEKA --  The Old Courthouse Museum in Watseka was the setting for historians Sunday.  More than two-dozen people gathered, some camping out, to re-enact the Civil War days.   The event...

SPRINGFIELD — Two major Illinois prisons and other facilities will stay open for at least another month after an arbitrator ruled Gov. Pat Quinn's administration violated workers' rights in rushing to close them. An...

Ford County CrimeStoppers is seeking information about yet another stranger offering rides to children in Paxton. CrimeStoppers welcomes all tips about any suspicious activity.  Anonymous calls can be made to...

ONARGA, IL – State Sen. Shane Cultra (R-Onarga) offered the following comments after media reports about the Illinois Department of Corrections shelving its plans to shutter the Dwight and Tamms Correctional Centers by Aug...

The parking lot at the Metro Centre on St. George Road in Bourbonnais will be sealed and restriped Wednesday, August 29th. Because of this, the Metro Centre will be closed to the public all day on...

WATSEKA --  The Old Courthouse Museum in Watseka was the setting for historians Sunday.  More than two-dozen people gathered, some camping out, to re-enact the Civil War days.   The event, which included educational...

Area farmers are getting real-life reminders of the tough harvest ahead here in 2012. Corn Growers Association members in Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston and McLean counties recently released yield estimate results.  Some...