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KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — Police have identified three Kankakee men found dead inside an apartment and said they appeared to have been shot. Police say the victims were 25-year-old Kyle Washington, 24-year-old Deontay Tyler and 27-year-old Malcolm Murray. Police were called to the apartment about 2 p.m. Wednesday by...

Authorities are revealing the names of all three men found shot to death in Kankakee. Officials say the discovery was made Wednesday in a home in the 600-block of West Merchant Street. The victims were identified as Kyle Washington-Haynes, Deontay Tyler, and Malcolm Murray. The incident is under investigation.

Police are investigating three men found dead in a home in Kankakee Wednesday afternoon, city officials said.

PEORIA — A Sangamon County man who pleaded guilty in January to federal charges in connection with a string of robberies at banks and convenience stores in Central Illinois in spring 2021, including the robbery of the Village Pantry in Paxton, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison.

MECHANICSBURG, Ill. (WAND) - A Mechanicsburg man has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for multiple robbery charges, including armed bank robbery. John W. Beck, 55, was sentenced on four counts of interference with commerce by robbery, one count of bank robbery, and one count of armed bank robbery.

Three men were found shot to death on Tuesday afternoon when a family member went to check on their relative at an apartment in Kankakee, Illinois, roughly 50 miles south of Chicago. Emergency medical personnel responded to the scene but all three victims had been shot earlier that day or...

KANKAKEE, Ill. — Authorities were investigating after three men were found dead in a northern Illinois house, the city’s police chief mayor said Wednesday. At approximately 2 p.m., police responded to a call of a gunshot victim inside of a residence, Kankakee Police Chief Robin Passwater said. Patrol...

PEORIA, Ill. (WCIA) A man who tried to escape from Livingston County jail has an additional two years added to his 10-year sentence for robbery according to the Central District United States Attorney office. John Beck admitted to robbing the following during a 14 day crime spree: Dollar General in...

A federal judge has sentenced a central Illinois man to 10 years in prison for robbing banks and stores across a five-county region including Peoria, Livingston, and Ford counties in April of last year. John Beck, 55, of Mechanicsburg admitted robbing the Elmwood bank, the Village Pantry in Paxton, the...

(Heart of Illinois ABC) - A man from Campus, Illinois in Livingston County was sentenced Friday to 17.5 years in prison, along with 20 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge James Shadid ordered that the federal sentence for Dakota Flint, 23, of the 200...

PEORIA, Ill. – A Campus, Illinois, man, Dakota Flint, 23, of the 200 block of Sheldon Avenue, was sentenced today to 17.5 years, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge James Shadid ordered that the federal sentence run concurrently with Livingston County, Illinois, Circuit Court cases 20-CF-162 and 21-CF-6 where Flint was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault and predatory criminal sexual assault, respectively. Flint also must register as a sex offender.

BRAIDWOOD— Ruth “Robin” Swanson, 50, of Braidwood, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Aperion Care in Bradley, IL. Born on Nov. 16, 1971 in Chicago, to Elmer and Margaret (nee Lundquist) McInerney. On March 15, 1995 she married Richard Swanson in Lacon, IL and together they made their home in Braidwood. Robin was a bartender in the Braidwood and Wilmington areas. She enjoyed playing pool, dancing, golfing and attending baseball games especially her favorite Chicago White Sox. For years she and Richard enjoyed many trips to Cancun.