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Saturday storms moved across central Illinois Saturday, taking out power to nearly 18,000 Ameren Illinois customers. Ameren crews were continuing to make progress as more than 770 field personnel made repairs across the area. The...

The 2020 Grundy County Corn Festival has been officially been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Grundy County Corn Festival Board unanimously voted to cancel this year’s festival due to so many unknowns and variables at...

The Gibson City Harvest Fest committee voted to cancel this year’s festival, which was scheduled for Sept. 11-12. Refunds will be offered for those who purchased concert tickets for the event, and information on obtaining refunds...

The fallout from this COVID-19 pandemic just won’t go away. Another setback for this year’s scheduled fun. The Watseka Family Festival is canceled ! That’s means no Neal McCoy Concert on a Saturday night. And the popular Nick...

The Covenant Federated Church of Kentland, IN is making flood clean-up help avaialble for local citizens. Last month's flash flooding caused hardshop on local Kentland residents, many without flood insurance. Cleaning...

A 12-year-old boy escaped serious injury Wednesday evening when he was involved in a colission between his bicycle and a car.  Watseka Police report the boy was eastbound in the 1000-block of E. Walnut Street at 7:15.&nbsp...

                    Kankakee / Iroquois County Back-to-School Fair Registration Now Open The annual Back to School Fair serving...

If you didn’t file your state and federal income taxes on the initial deadline of April 15, the extended deadline is coming up next week. July 15 is the new deadline for both the state and federal filings. The date was moved...

Iroquois Memorial Hospice has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall caregiver and family satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20% of all eligible SHP...

People in Paxton are asking everyone to re-examine white privilige.  Dozens of people participated last night in an End White Silence rally. Those attending gathered outside City Hall to speak and handout pamphlets on the...