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Police in Bradley, Bourbonnais and Kankakee are investigating reports of criminal damage to vehicles. Several locations were identified in the three communities where parked vehicles had their winds shot out. Police ask citizens...

                     Chad Bertrand jailed after 5-day investigation The alleged sexual assault of a juvenile led to the arrest...

Illinois State Police investigated a 2-vehicle accident Wednesday that injured a Milford woman. Teri Reffett went to an area hospital as did the driver of the other vehicle. 78-yr-old Jerry Paxton of Henning was airlifted with...

Officials announced Wednesday there will be high school football in Indiana this fall.  That's the plan, right now.  The IHSAA, the group that runs sports in the state,said the fall season is in place. There is no plan...

The Illinois High School Association (Wednesday) announced it will play some fall sports this fall, but the rest will be moved to the spring of 2021.  Football, girls volleyball and boys soccer, deemed medium or higher...

           …. Included are Labor Day events Bourbonnais Township Park District has canceled large-scale events for the rest of the year. Sleepy Hollow at Perry Farm, Scarecrow...

After recording two new coronavirus deaths Monday, raising the county total to 65 who have died from the virus, Kankakee County Public Health officials then reported 21 new confirmed positive cases on Tuesday. There’s now 1702...

Some parents, concerned about the pandemic, are choosing to avoid sending their kids back to school this upcoming school year. Some districts are reporting an increase number of decisions by parents to instead, take the...

Little information is available about a shooting in Aroma Park Monday night. Police in Aroma Park say a 23-year-old male was treated for injuries at a Kankakee hospital. He was hit several times. The incident was on East 2nd...

Jasper, White and Tippecanoe counties added new cases of cornavirus Monday.  The Indiana State Department of Health reported 561 additional Hoosiers were diagnosed with COVID-19.  There have been 2,709 people who have...