James M. “Jim” Brown, 64, of Kankakee, died Thursday (Feb. 4, 2010) at his home.

Wilma J. Carnegie Martin, 80, of Coal City, died Friday (Feb. 5, 2010) at Morris Hospital.

Ida Elizabeth Zaccaria, 92, of Coal City, died Saturday (Feb. 6, 2010) at her home.

Erwin H. Tiarks, 87, of Cissna Park, died Friday (Feb. 5, 2010) at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

Cleo Washington Sr., 75, of Pembroke Township, died Thursday (Feb. 4, 2010) at his home.

Stephanie (nee Leck) Annis, 81, died Saturday (Feb. 6, 2010).

Melissa Ann Contreras-Williams, 30, of Kankakee, died Friday (Feb. 5, 2010) at Riverside Medical Center.

Robert Allen Hewitt, 60, of Danforth, died Saturday (Feb. 6, 2010) at his home.

• Iroquois County Sheriff Eldon Sprau has financial proposals to make to the county board on Tuesday to avoid layoffs in the department if the public safety sales tax referendum isn’t brought into the win column by remaining mail-in absentee ballots.

• How did Stephanie Norris and Luke Truesdell, of Bradley meet? Here’s a hint. They were quite young.

• Exhausted and elated, the members of the Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School cheerleading squad embraced each other after completing a flawless routine in the state’s biggest competition Saturday.

A Kankakee woman died Friday morning after her car struck a semi on Illinois Route 50 in Manteno.

Manteno Police Lt. Joel Whalen said police were called at 10:33 a.m. today to a crash on Route 50 between a car and a semi. Both vehicles were southbound on Route 50. Whalen said that witnesses said the women suddenly turned in front of the semi.

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