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Lake County, IL Cold Case: Woman Charged in Newborn’s Grocery Store Death After 25 Years

Round Lake Beach, IL – Nearly 25 years after a newborn infant was found dead in a bag behind a grocery store, a Lake County woman has been arrested...

Hobart, IN Crash Today: Vehicle Slams Into Home on Joliet Street

Hobart, IN – Emergency crews are responding to a vehicle that crashed into a home in Hobart, prompting...

Joliet, IL Barn Fire Destroys Vacant Structure Saturday Afternoon

Joliet, IL – A large vacant barn was destroyed in a Saturday afternoon fire, but firefighters were able...

Lake County, IL Route 60 Motorcycle Crash Kills Mundelein Man

Mettawa, IL – A 43-year-old Mundelein man was killed Monday night after his motorcycle collided with an SUV...

Indiana Fireworks Show Malfunction Triggers Early Explosion, No Injuries

Highland, IN – A fireworks display in northwest Indiana was briefly interrupted after an equipment malfunction caused an...

COVID-19: Manteno adds +26 Sunday, Kankakee adds 11 cases age 90+

Kankakee County Health Department officials announced on Sunday 33 new cases, among them 11 case age 90 and up.  At least 26 of today’s...

With 400k tests run in Illinois, 18% test positive to date for COVID-19

Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced Saturday afternoon the state had eclipsed over 75,000 COVID-19 cases to date as 2,325 new cases were...

COVID-19: Iroquois County confirms 2nd death, nears 100 cases as Beaverville reports

Iroquois County Health Department officials announced late Saturday a second person has died of COVID-19 inside of the County. There have now been 93 cases...

Olivet reschedules graduation for August 15th, virtual commencement ceremony Saturday

Dr. John C. Bowling appeared on stage at Centennial Chapel today to address the Class of 2020.  Saturday, gradates of not one but two...

COVID-19: Kankakee County averages nearly 30 cases daily since May 1st

For the first time Saturday, the Health Department announced a person had tested positive for COVID-19 over 100 years old in Kankakee.  It’s just...

Illinois to cease weekend COVID-19 updates, starting today

The State of Illinois announced earlier this week it will stop regular weekend updates on COVID-19 on the weekend.  Saturday marks the first time in...
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