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Kankakee County: Joyce Farms eyes expansion
Joyce Farms Recycling Inc. is petitioning local and state officials for approval to nearly double its composting site, from 13 to 22 acres.
Essex: Barker turned junk to joy
With a masterful ability to turn castoff car parts and machine tool steel shavings into whimsical animals, self-taught "metal artist" John "Jack" Barker brought visitors from across the country and around the world to his tiny hometown of Essex.
Burglaries Kankakee County sheriff's police investigated two burglaries and an attempted burglary Thursday.
Mr. Lance E. Ames, 53, of Essex, Ill., passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the Embassy Care Center in Wilmington, Ill.