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It's happened twice now in recent weeks. Iroquois County's emergency 9-1-1 service was taken out of service by copper thieves, cutting and stealing fiber-optic lines. It happened again early Friday morning. The Donovan 4-8-6...

The 9-1-1 service in the Donovan exchange of Iroquois County has been re-stored. Now, the matter is stirring up further investigation. The Frontier and AT&T phone companies have not made statements about reasons for the...

The 9-1-1 service is un-available in the Donovan 486 exchange area in Iroquois County. Those people in the 486 exchange in need of 911 can still use their cellphones for 911 service. The Frontier Phone Company is expected to...

The Benton County School Corporation in Indiana is looking into an incident where minors were arrested for drinking at the home of the school's softball coach. Coach Jeff Best was not arrested, but the underage minors were. The...

Iroquois County Circuit Judge Gordon Lustfeldt sentenced a Champaign man (Thursday) to probation and fined him $750 dollars for an incident at an adult book store in Buckley. 36-year-old Paul Zindars pleaded guilty to a Class 3...

      Chamber of Commerce awards night Service to the community was highlighted Wednesday evening at the Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet. "Celebrating 70 years" is this year's...

Peoria, Ill. – A Bourbonnais man has been sentenced to two years in prison for filing false income tax returns. Monday, Senior U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm ordered 63-year-old Robert Deangelo serve 24 months in federal...

It's another effort to make healthcare more accessible. Riverside Healthcare is turning a YWCA classroom on E. Court Street into a pediatric and family care clinic. The Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation is making a near...

Some unexpected funding has arrived in the bank accounts of Illinois School districts. School district officials had been told not to expect their third and fourth state aid payments this year. However, some districts received...

Local letter carriers are teaming up with Food Finders Food Bank for the annual Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday. Katy Bunder, one of Food Finders executive directors, said it's the largest single-day food drive for the food...