Watseka native, Army Sgt. Jeremy Sherman, is identified as one of five American soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Thursday. Officials report the crash happened during a peacekeeping...
The rising positivity rates during this resurgence of COVID-19 are anything but favorable.
The Region 6 positivity is 13 percent. That’s where Iroquois and Ford County sit along with Champaign and Vermilion County. Individually...
Three more area school districts have adjusted to COVID announcing a move to fulltime remote learning. St. Anne High and St. Anne Grade School districts will offer full remote learning beginning Monday, November...
Sarah Marion, the president and CEO for the Manteno Chamber of Commerce, was recently elected to the Executive Board for the Illinois Association of Chamber of Commerce. The Illinois Association serves more than 140 chambers...
Champaign Police were investigating the fatal shoting of a 16-year-old boy Thusday night. It happemed on Eureka Street around 5:20 pm The boy was rushed to a hspital but did not survive. Police found the teen at...
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...
