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...
A popular program serving a three-county area was shut down amidst an investigation. Iroquois, Ford and Vermilion counties benefit from the programs offered thry Head Start. The program is manged by the East central...
An I-57 crash in Champaign County Tuesday night killed 62-year-old John Wilson of Oakwood. The death is under investigation, according to Coroner Duane Northrup. Wilson was pronounce dead at the scene just before...
The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office has identified two people whose bodies were recovered from the Kankakee River. Both were presumed drowning victims after a family-outing went bad Sunday. Tuesday morning, searchers found the...
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 49-year-old Ramiro Rodriguez of Bolingbrook for driving while license revoked after a traffic stop on August 3rd. Nearly two weeks later, Rodriguez was indicted by a...
A Hoopeston meth dealer was sentenced to 42-months in prison following a plea agreement in Livingston County Court. 29-year-old Coty Morgeson was given credit for 104 days in the county jail. He’ll also serve another two years...
