In addition to the start of Illinois high school football this weekend, there's plenty of labor Day events in area communities.
There are boat races at the Kankakee River Regatta, Herscher has its annual Labor Day Celebration...
Members of the Eastern Illinois Mutual Aide Fire Association conducted a training session in Danforth (Wednesday), education themselves about how to deal with natural gas disasters.
The Danforth Fire Department hosted the...
While leaders in the Pembroke Township area gathered to talk about ways to bring some violence activity under control, yet another person shot.
Kankakee County Sheriff's Police report a man was shot in the back Wednesday...
Iroquois County Sheriff's police and the County Coroner's office are investigating a one-vehicle crash that killed one man Wednesday night.
The victim is identified as 33-year-old Justin Hawbaker of Watseka. He was a passenger...
It was the Honorable Judge Gordon Lustfeldt's 100th career jury trial, and Wednesday a jury in Watseka found 50-year-old Doug Depatis guilty of all charges in a local Meth Manufacturing case.
When sentenced in October (10/22)...
The Iroquois County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted 2-2 (Tuesday night), with three members absent, after hearing comments about proposed changes to the county's wind ordinance.
Proposed changes, reported on earlier, were...
Investigators believe a house fire in Loda was the result of an arsonist.
The State Fire Marshall is assisting Iroquois County Sheriff's Police in the investigation.
A single-story home at 409 E. Jefferson Street was being...
Pembroke community officials are meeting today (Wednesday) to discuss ways to hopefully make the community a safer place.
A 10 am meeting is scheduled. It's being held at the
Special Education Conference Room at the Lorenzo R...
DECATUR -- Record setting numbers are expected for this year's Farm Progress Show. The Decatur Area Convention and Visitors Bureau bases the increase on the number of booked hotel rooms.
In 2009, almost 9765 rooms within 50...
A 17-year-old former Peotone High School student was arrested Monday night, accused of threatening to bomb the school.
Kyle Koran, of Monee, is being charged as an adult for a threatening message he posted on Twitter.
Peotone...
