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Northern Illinois Gas and Aqua Illinois are among Illinois companies agreeing to extend moratoriums on dis-connect for their residential customers. The Illinois Commerce Commission said several utility companies have agreed to...

A vacant Manteno warehouse will become home to a Texas-based company that will provide packaging and distribution service for supplies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 576,000-square-foot warehouse will seek up to 600...

Governor J.B. Pritzker and health officials are asking everyone to be extra careful over the Labor Day weekend to avoid spreading COVID-19.  Assistant Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Amaal Tokars says that...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is renewing its call for qualified individuals to step forward and apply for seasonal positions to help with snow-and-ice removal across the state. Through the department’s annual...

A Rensselaer, IN man is under arrest for the alleged molestation of a child.  A 13-year-old girl is the alleged victim.  20-year-old Blake Smart is under arrest, having admitted to investigators he had sex with the...

30-year-old Dustin Graf of Watseka died in a single-vehicle rollover accident in Ford County. Illinois State Police report it happened just past 6 pm (Wednesday) when Graf’s southbound pickup truck ran out of control along Route...

The Ford County State’s Attorney’s Office brought more charges against a Paxton man already accused of the sexual assault of one child. A 3-count criminal complaint is now on file against Brandon Irish. Additional charges involve...

The low-income home energy assistance program will be available earlier than in past years. The Cares Act distributed extra money to the program so people can receive help as early as fall. This is a one-time payment towards an...

Six Illinois National Guard Soldiers out of Peoria, plus a helicopter, are heading to California to help deal with massive wildfires raging across the state. The soldiers left on Saturday. The CH-47 Chinook Helicopter can carry...

The death of jail inmate Andre Maiden in the Iroquois County Jail has family and friends wanting answers. And they say the lack of answers is raising more issues. Protesters – dozens of them – gathered outside the Iroquois...