SPRINGFIELD, IL – A scathing report on the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has raised concerns that area school districts are paying a "corruption tax" that subsidizes waste, mismanagement and fraud and shortchanges schools in the...
PEORIA — Lt. Governor. Sheila Simon named Robin Rose, the chief operating officer of Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services, the 2014 Rural Illinois Champion. The honor came Wednesday (March 5) at the 25th annual Rural...
The Ford-Iroquois 4-H Foundation Action is set for Saturday in Woodworth. The dinner-auction is at St. Paul's Lutheran School. There's a 4 pm dinner followed by the "live" auction at 5 pm.
The event was postponed back on January...
Vermilion County farmers are joining in the celebration of Illinois agriculture by bagging groceries today. They're doing at local Vermilion County Market Stores.
Farm Bureau members are bagging groceries from 10 am until noon...
A botched drive-by shooting that took a life has landed a Kankakee man in prison for 76 years. DuShawn Johnson was sentenced Wednesday in Kankakee Circuit Court.
Judge Clark Erickson imposed the sentence for the shooting death...
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Legislation sponsored by Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) that makes it clear sex offenders must report to law enforcement when they lose a job, won approval in the Illinois Senate Thursday, March...
Clifton village officials are reporting frozen sewer lines that may be blocking sewage from reaching the local sewage collector system.
The village website is advising residents to maintain their property sewer lines.
Community...
Kankakee residents will see a $10 per month public safety fee, beginning in May, to make up the loss in revenues from the sales tax formula that is no more.
A committee gave the green light last night. The full City Council is...
There was no school in the Gibson City Melvin Sibley School District Monday due to a power outage that affected all three schools early in the morning.
Ameren Illinois is reporting that there are 304 customers without power as...
More than two dozen firemen from four departments responded to a house fire north of Cissna Park Monday. No injury was reported. Extensive damage was done to a single-story ranch. Officials reported the fire spread from a...
