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                      Donors needed this fall to maintain blood supply amid ongoing pandemic Plasma from whole blood and...

There were no injuries reported in a residential fire on South 4th Avenue in Kankakee Monday night. A neighbor alerted emergency responders to the 800-block about 10:15 pm. Kankakee Fire Chief Damon Schuldt said crews found fire...

Officials in Carroll County say two adults and a pet dog were killed in a house fire Monday evening.  The blaze broke out around 9 pm on State Road 29 in Bringhurst, IN.  A woman, man and a do9g were pronounced dead at...

One person is dead following a five-vehicle crash in Fountain County, IN. It happened around 6 p.m. Monday evening on State Road 28.  Police said the crash started when a westbound driver in an SUV was waiting to turn left...

Two teenage brothers from Carmel, IN were among the three people killed in a plane crash near an Indiana airstrip at Kokomo Sunday. 17-year-old Liam Patrick Kelly and 15-year-old Reece David Kelly died in the crash. The pilot...

Hoopeston Police and the Vermilion County Coroner's Office are investigating a fatal pedestrian vs train accident.  Coroner Jane McFadden says a Hoopeston woman was killed.  She was identified as 49-year-old Jodi...

Fire personnel from Goodland, Kentland, Brook and Remington answered a call Sunday night to the Goodland Grain Company.  Firemen were able to contain the flames and limit damage.  An overheated belt carrying grain up...

A 17-year-old shot to death in Kankakee Sunday night has been identified. The Kankakee County Coroner’s office investigated the homicide along with city police. The victim was Paso Torres Davier. He was a recent newcomer to...

This is Farm Safety & Health Week. Many farm operations will see harvest activity really pick up. That leads to more farm traffic on roadways, longer hours for farm operations, and good reason for all of us (non-farm and...

A traffic crash at Route 17 and Lowe Road east of Kankakee Saturday afternoon took the life of a 75-year-old Bourbonnais woman. The Kankakee County Coroner’s office says it was just after one Saturday afternoon when the car in...