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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation for those aged 12-15 years to get a booster dose five months after receiving the second dose of...

It is estimated nearly 1,100 Illinoisans develop radon-based lung cancer each year. As part of Radon Action Month, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency is encouraging residents to test their homes for radon. Radon comes from...

Two Paxton men face charges for the burglary of several storage units and stealing tools and other property.  Paxton Police report 34-year-old Steven A. Harding and 38-year-old  Chad A. Minnick were arrested on...

A 39-year-old Saunemin man is under arrest, accused of robbing the Dollar General Store in Saunemin Sunday night. Derek Dunn’s arrest Monday afternoon now finds him answering to a charge of Aggravated Robbery. He was jailed in...

Illinois State Police will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) thru this month of January. OREP patrols are active in District 21 (local areas) in Iroquois, Ford and Kankakee Counties. Also in District 10 for...

The Bradley Police Department continues to mourn the loss of Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic.  Sgt. Rittmanic, #514, was killed in the line of duty while serving the citizens of Bradley on December 30, 2021. Sergeant Marlene...

Illinois lawmakers will return to the state capitol in Springfield Wednesday for one day this week. The Legislature was scheduled to be in session on Tuesday and Thursday this week, but those days have been canceled out of...

A 36-yr-old man was shot and killed in Kankakee (Thursday) in what city police say was a drug-related incident. Darrell Simmons was found at an apartment in the 300-block of N. Harrison Avenue. Simmons was one of two men shot...

GoFundMe fundraisers for the Bradley police shooting victims are not legitimate. The Bradley Police Department is warning people of several fraudulent GoFundMe fundraisers posted by supposed family members of Sgt. Marlene...

Two suspects in the shooting death of a Bradley police officer and the wounding of a second officer are in custody. 25-year-old Darius Sullivan of Bourbonnais and 26-year-old Xandria Harris of Kankakee were arrested over the New...