Kankakee County, Illinois

...served honestly before becoming a two-term secretary of state and one-term governor between 1991 and 2003. "For 24 years, as a member of the Kankakee County board, as a legislator and as lieutenant governor, George Ryan gave honest and...

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...has fired the police force and closed two of three elementary schools. It's happened in Pembroke, a little town of some 3,000 in eastern Kankakee County near the Indiana border. It's a town where these days, many folks don't rebuild after a...

In this article: Recession, Illinois, and E mail

...two western townships of Norton and Essex were taken from Vermilion County and added to Kankakee County. The County was named for the Kankakee River. Kankakee County has produced three governors: Len Small #174, Samuel Shapiro (D), and...

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The trip from the Kankakee County jail to the Rolling Meadows courthouse took Robert Maday 40 days, but he finally arrived this morning to face sentencing on a series of theft charges. Just before arriving for his original sentence on...

In this article: Rolling Meadows, Cook County, and Kankakee County

...for optimism, some troubling trends August 20, 2009 BOURBONNAIS -- Camp Cutler packs up Thursday after a relatively quiet 22 days in Kankakee County. From Brian Urlacher's reported insult of Jay Cutler to Cutler's supposed knock on Devin...

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Animals have been badly hurt after being forced into brutal fights. Police said several dogs were rescued after they busted a dog fight in Kankakee County earlier this month. The officers in Chicago's Animal Crimes Unit told us how...

In this article: Dog, Chicago, E mail, Kankakee County, Humane Society, and U.S. Department of Agriculture

Seven men were arrested and nine severely scarred pit bulls were rescued following a dog fight in Kankakee County over the weekend, according to authorities. Cook County Sheriff's Police said the fight was in progress Saturday evening near...

In this article: Dog, Cook County, Kankakee County, and Hopkins Park

Police broke up a Kankakee County dogfighting operation Saturday night in Hopkins Park, leading to the arrests of several people, authorities said Sunday. Among those arrested was Ronald Patton, 50, of Chicago, who was charged with...

In this article: Dog, Kankakee County, Hopkins Park, and Chicago

9 dogs recovered, 3 arrested in Kankakee County dogfighting bust Nine dogs were recovered and three men were arrested in a late Saturday dogfighting bust in Kankakee County in which police discovered a blood-stained electrocution shed for...

In this article: Dog, Kankakee County, Chicago, Misdemeanor, Illinois State Police, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, and Hopkins Park

Published : Monday, 03 Aug 2009, 6:47 AM CDT The pilot of a small plane was injured when the plane crashed Sunday night in far south Kankakee County. The small, private aircraft crashed near the Kankakee River about 8 p.m. Sunday,...

In this article: Federal Aviation Administration, Kankakee County, All rights reserved, Kankakee River, Kankakee, and Greater Kankakee Airport