A 6-year-old boy who drowned in the Kankakee River Monday after slipping from a dock has been identified as Jamir Frazier, his family said Wednesday.

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PEMBROKE TOWNSHIP, Ill. (AP) — Authorities at a Kankakee County school district say the FBI is investigating the theft of $240,000 from its funds in 2009.

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