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Two men face firearms and cannabis possessiond charges after a weekend arrest by KAMEG in a traffic stop Saturday.  20-year-old Anthony Bender of Kankakee and 25-year-old Darius Samuels of Kankakee were among a group of...

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A weekend water main break in Goodland, In was repaired.  Now, a boil order has been issud until further notice. 94.1 WGFA
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced Sunday, 6,844 additional Hoosiers haD been diagnosed with COVID-19. This is the third time Indiana has had more than 6,000 new daily cases.The state officials...

Drive-Thru COVID-19 testing is available in Paxton this Friday 11/20.  A mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health is setting up shop at the Ford County Health department.  The hours are...

The Kankakee-Will County positivity rate is still getting higher. Monday’s Region 7 positivity number was 19.7%. Kankakee’s individual figure is at 20.3% while Will County’s figure is 19.6.  And ICU beds are being occupied...

Iroquois County now has 1,045 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The health department reported 102 new cases Monday. One additional death raises the local death count to 25. Health officials still saying many of the latest cases are...

Two separate traffic stops in Watseka led to the arrests of two local women.  35-year-old Heatgher Osborne of Watseka was charged with possession of METH and drug equipment.  She was a passenger in a vehicle stopped on...

Illinois health officials reported 11,028 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, along with 166 additional deaths. Friday, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said there was a delay in death data reporting...

American flags proudly line Routes 1 and 24 throughout Watseka. Those flags were displayed Sunday be civic volunteers feeling patriotic gratitude to Army Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman, a 23-year-old who died along with six other...