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MANTENO — A single-vehicle crash in rural Manteno claimed the life of a Kankakee man Monday.

The numbers say West Virginia American Water and Mountaineer Gas are doing well.

Wendell Withrow of Arborland Acres estimated he’d have to pay $300 to $400 more per year for his water service — and that his neighbors have already paid dearly.

A 35-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in Kankakee. At approximately 3:37 a.m., Kankakee Police responded to the 700 block of North Greenwood Avenue to a report

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A Charleston home burned down this spring as firefighters searched for a working hydrant. Now, regulators are struggling to find out how many hydrants are working.

When Ric Cavender’s house caught fire on May 5 in the Edgewood neighborhood of Charleston, the capital city’s fire department was on the scene within minutes to knock down the

The Kankakee Sheriff’s Department and Kankakee County Coroner’s Office are investigating the death of a Kankakee man which occurred Sunday in Sun River Terrace.

A 69-year-old Momence man died Thursday evening from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Rickie H. Stromme died at 6:10 p.m. Thursday in the one-vehicle accident.

It wasn’t the type of hearing in which witnesses usually get choked up.