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Governor Pat Quinn has signed a new law requiring municipalities to reveal all details concerning special sales tax deals. The law HB 3859, which takes effect January 1, 2013, will reveal what’s been confidential...

DANVILLE — Danville Area Community College would be able to boost staff in three programs with continual high enrollments, renovate DACC's new extension site in Hoopeston and complete the Mary Miller Center expansion and...

Ford County Crimestoppers welcomes any information concerning reports of an attempted child abduction in Paxton.  It happened over the weekend, according Paxton Police. The incident occurred at 2:45 pm Sunday near...

JOLIET, Ill. | Opening statements are scheduled to begin in the trial of an Illinois man accused of fatally shooting his wife and their three children. A jury of four women and eight men will decide the fate of Christopher...

            PERSONAL INJURY CRASH RESULTS IN DUI ARREST                                                            Ashkum, IL – An Illinois State Trooper responded to a traffic crash on IL Route 113 near 3000 West Road on...

The American Red Cross will be taking blood donations from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5 in the Iroquois Room at Kankakee Community College. The Red Cross encourages eligible participants to make a donation. In...

  KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) -- A Johnson Controls facility in Kankakee has been cited for five health violations involving workers and asbestos. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines totaling...

  On Monday, August 13, 2012, at approximately 6:50 p.m., Howard Johnson, Jr., age 19, of 241 S. Evergreen Ave., Kankakee, Illinois delivered 17 bags of crack cocaine during a KAMEG investigation.  Johnson was...

    — Strong storms in Illiana ahead of a cold front and could bring damaging winds and hail this afternoon. A first round of the storm moved across central-Illinois just before 9 a.m., turning the sky black...

 An increase in employees health insurance is adding to budget struggles in Iroquois County.  The County Board’s Finance committee has scheduled yet another special  budget hearing August 30th to wrestle with money issues. ...