Iroquois County Sheriff Derek Hagen presents this evening’s (Wed) People’s Law School program at the Watseka Public Library. Hagen’s topic for discussion is the much-talked about right to bear arms issue, which is always a...
The wind farm company—E.On Climate & Renewables --- is making repairs to county and township roads in Ford and Iroquois Counties.
And observers say when completed, the roads will be among the best routes in either...
A south suburban man apparently took his own life Tuesday shooting himself at the Kankakee Police Department parking lot. The unidentified man drove into the parking lot on North Indiana Avenue and then shot himself in the...
Seventeen-year-old Lynzee Josephson of Ransom died Tuesday in Kankakee County when she drove a go-kart into the path of a pickup truck. The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene at 3 pm. The accident happened in Essex...
SPRINGFIELD, IL– As recognition for her years of support and advocacy, State Rep. Lisa Dugan (D-Bradley) was named legislator of the year by the Illinois State Ambulance Association during a luncheon in Springfield on...
Kid mistaken for older brother
JASPER COUNTY, Ind. – A case of mistaken identity now has Jasper County, Indiana Sheriff’s Police investigating why a 12-year-old boy was...
PAXTON — A Hoopeston man was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for stealing $3,000 from a Paxton bank through a fraudulent ATM transaction.
Thirty-year-old Richard J. Gonzalez was convicted by a Ford County jury on...
Danville police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old local man early Sunday morning.
Police were called to the area of Robinson and Williams Street around 4:50 a.m. to a call of shots being fired.
When...
WATSEKA — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported late Friday (5/11) afternoon that an Iroquois County resident has been diagnosed with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
The syndrome is a disease spread by rodents...
NEW YORK — The class of 2012 is leaving college with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs.
To the relief of graduating seniors — and their anxious parents — the outlook is...