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The Lafayette, IN Police Department is investigating a bank robbery that occurred Saturday in Lafayette. Police were called to the Lafayette Community Bank on Cougill Lane around 11:38 am. Police said a man entered the bank and...

The Federated Bank at Chebanse was robbed this (Monday) morning. A man, described as white, wearing a brown coat, robbed the facility on First North Street at 9:50 am. No one was injured. Kankakee County Sheriff’s Police report...

A Manteno woman was killed in a snowmobile accident Sunday night. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner said 24-year-old Kristin Agrue was pronounced dead at Riverside Medical Center just after 10 pm. She was thrown from the...

The bitter cold temps will continue another day, but relief is likely by Wednesday. The National Weather Service expects Wednesday through Friday high temperatures to climb into the mid-30s. Monday’s bitter temperatures will...

Candidates interested in running for seats in April’s Consolidated Election face a 5 pm deadline today (Monday). The filing period started last Monday. Petitions can be turned into city/village offices. The consolidated election...

Two Watseka residents were jailed in Iroquois County (Friday) after authorities discovered an active meth lab at a local residence. 38-year-old Ryan Inman and 35-year-old Latasha Inman face charges after the Watseka Enforcement...

Wednesday was the start of a brief cold snap. Temperatures plunged overnight and will remain dangerously cold through today (Thursday) until it warms back up on Friday and into the weekend. Today’s forecast is cloudy and cold...

Former State Representative John Anthony is no longer employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections. Just six months after he left his position as State Representative in the 75th District, Anthony is gone from the...

Presence United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville and Presence Covenant Medical Center in Urbana will benefit from a grant awarded by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The $70,000 grant is to be used to conduct...

Iroquois Memorial Hospital CEO Chuck Bohlmann is winding down his career in health care. But he assures us, he’s not going away. And he will stay involved in community. The 65-year-old Bohlmann was honored during a retirement...