A 46-year-old Bourbonnais man faces 2-counts of Aggravated Battery for allegedly battering another man in a domestic incident. Frederick Cherven was released on pretrial conditions. A Grundy County grand jury indicted Cherven on...
39-year-old James Nelson of Onarga was taken into custody Thursday after holding police at bay following a traffic stop in Onarga. Iroquois County Sheriff's Police say it was a traffic stop on W. Lincoln Avenue about 11 am...
April is Safe Digging Month in Illinois. The Illinois Commerce Commission is urging residents to call 811 before starting any excavation projects. The state requires homeowners and contractors to contact JULIE at least two...
Voters in Hoopeston elected a new mayor. Tracy Carter defeated Jeff Wise 445 to 282. Carter had 61% of the vote while Wise received 39% support.
Jeffrey Orr won the Piper City Presidency contest defeating Steven...
As with most consolidated elections, voter turnout in Illinois on Tuesday was meager. The Iroquois County turnout was 25%, the City of Watseka had a 28% turnout where a mayoral race and all four city Wards had contested...
Benny Marcier will be the next mayor of Watseka. The 3rd Ward alderman was a winner over 4th Ward Alderman Scott Anderson in the Consolidated Election Tuesday. Marcier won about 62% of the vote to succeed John...
44-year-old Jesse Hammel of Paxton is facing weapons charges after his arrest in Danville Tuesday. Danville Police Officers received a dispatch of a 911 call stating a subject driving in a blue van pointed a gun at another driver...
A two-vehicle crash in Livingston County Saturday claimed the life of a 67-year-old Gibson City woman. Jerrie Enghausen was a passenger in an SUV driven by her husband, James Enghausen. The accident happened just...
