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A head-on colission on Route 45/52 at 9000N Road in Kankakee County Thursday night killed a Chicago Heights man.  The 32-year-old victim was driving southbound in the nortthbond lane and hit a northbound car driven...

COVID-19 health and safety concerns have canceled this season's Crhsitmas Parades in Milford and Paxton.  Milford's 5th Annual prade was scheduled for Sunday, November 29.  The parade and other related activities have...

Iroquois County Sheriff's Police and Milford Police (Wed) arrested 29-year-old Jordan Finazzi of Rossvile for the theft of a vehicle taken from a Milford business earlier Wednesday.  Finazzi was jailed in Watseka.  He's...

Governmental offices in the downtown Kankakee facility at 189 E. Court Street are closed to the general public beginning today (Thurs).  Appointments are required by calling ahead.  COVID-19 concerns are the reason for...

Today's Veterans Day finds all who have served in the armed forces getting a virtual pat-on-the-back in many states and communities due to the pandemic.  Officials encourage people to celebrate veterans while following...

Police in Hoopeston are investigating a burglary reported Tuesday afternoon.  Ross-Leemon Construction reported a forced-entry to a business building on S. Dixie Highway.  94.1 WGFA
The IHSA Board of Directors has an update meeting scheduled for 1 pm today (Monday).  Assistant Executive Director Matt Troha says it's difficult to forecast if it will produce any official action, or will just be...

Schools superintendents across the state are still grappling over whether to allow high school basketball despite Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s orders forbidding it. In Williamsville, Superintendent Tip Reedy said the decision is up to...

A personal finance website has ranked Illinois colleges and universities, giving the state's top spot to Northwestern University.  WalletHub compared higher education institutions using 30 metrics, including cost and...

A daily record of 12,623 newly confirmed and probable Coronavirus cases in Illinois now sends the total case count past 500,000.  Illinois set another daily record for newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 today...