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The 51st Annual Kankakee County Fair begins Wednesday and continues thru August 2. Discount pre-sale tickets are available, in advance only. Grandstand lineup featured each day. Carnival information and live entertainment. All...

The Greater Kankakee Airport is the setting this week for The Wings of Freedom Tour. The 3-day event runs today (Monday) thru Wednesday 7/29/15. Visitors can explore majestic bomber aircrafts inside and out. The B-17, P-51 and...

Firefighters were busy Saturday evening in White County, Indiana. A large barn went up in flames at North Shore Acres Court. The barn's owner said a neighbor was able to get all the animals out safely. The barn is considered a...

The Merchant Street MusicFest is bringing back memories again this year. And the downtown Kankakee event is attracting people from all over to hear the sounds that many grew up to – like the Ohio Players and the Fifth...

Watseka Police arrested two more Watseka men for an armed robbery last weekend. 20-year-old Cody Hartlep and 23-year-old Lawrence Hemp Jr. are jailed. Both are charged with aggravated robbery. Arrested earlier was Keenan Baker...

The Tippecanoe County Coroner has confirmed five fatalities, Jill Buck, AJ Buck, and Branson Buck of Greenwood Indiana, Mikhail Yuryevich Stepanov, a post doctoral student at Purdue University, and Ruslan Pankiv of Lake Zurich...

Anheuser-Busch canned drinking water has been sent to Watseka, IL in an effort to aide local residents after the county-wide flooding. The town has experienced major flooding and dozens of families have been evacuated from their...

Traffic fatalities reported in Livingston and Vermilion counties and in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Indiana State Police report five people were killed after a semi crash on Interstate 65 early this (Friday) morning. Police...

Unemployment in the Land of Lincoln is down. June was the sixteenth consecutive month that saw Illinois unemployment rates fall. State and federal statistics show the statewide rate for June was five-point-nine-percent, down from...

A Multi-Agency Resource Center opens Friday in Watseka to provide assistance for flood victims. The Center will help with recovery efforts from the flood that affected Watseka and rural parts of Iroquois County. The Center will...