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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...

A fire Monday afternoon south of Paxton destroyed a utility shed. The property site was at 90 N and 2280 E Road. Paxton Fire responded just before 1 pm. The shed and its contents were destroyed. A spokesperson said a burn barrel...

Illiana area motorists are advised to hold on to that steering wheel today.  A wind advisory from the NWS has afternoon winds at maybe 45 mph.  Showers and Thunderstorms late this afternoon could be accompanied with...

A 45-year-old Pekin man faces a DUI charge after a crash this (Tues) morning on Illinois Route 47 north of Fisher. Nelson Towery had his truck stopped on the highway with its lights turned off. Illinois State Police said a semi...

Three regions of Illinois begin new stricter mitigation rules, under guidelins announced by Governor J.B. Pritzker Monday.  Regions five, seven and eight, wich include southern Illinois and Kankakee and Will , and Kane and...

Case-counts for COVID-19 continue to show rising numbers. Iroquois County’s death count is now 21. And the additional cases added from over the weekend is 95 --- 95 CASES SINCE THE LAST REPORT ON Friday. Iroquois County’s total...