Rod Copas is out as Chairman of the Iroquois County Board.
Copas, who was on his way out at the end of the month, stepped aside early. He told the Times-Republic, he'll be unavailable for a few weeks and didn't want Board...
The city of Watseka's annual lighted Christmas Parade finds two popular organizations sharing the honor of grand marshal. The Watseka Elks Lodge and the Watseka Kiwanis Club will lead the parade on Friday, November 28th.
The...
The hotly-contested race for the House seat in the 79th district goes to incumbent State Rep. Kate Cloonen. Provisional ballots counted Tuesday give Cloonen a 122 vote margin of victory.
The district includes Kankakee and parts...
The Illinois Department of Transportation reports the I-57 construction work in replacing bridges south of Chebanse and Clifton should be completed in about four weeks.
Meanwhile, motorists are urged to be aware of the...
A 31-year-old Kankakee man was shot several times Monday by a gunman who is in police custody. Jermaine Burbridge is identified as the shooting victim. He was pronounced dead in the 600-block of N. Harrison Avenue.
Kankakee...
Bloomington – Students from more than a dozen Illinois high schools are trying their hands at crafting new state legislation. It's all part of State Senator Jason Barickman's (R-Bloomington) "Youth Advisory Council."
Sixty-five...
Washington, DC- Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon) today released the following statement following the news of the beheading of American Peter Kassig by ISIS:
"I am deeply saddened by the ruthless murder of Peter Kassig...
The National Weather Service is reporting temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below normal today (Mon) it will continue in Central Illinois throughout much of the week.
Scattered snow flurries are in the afternoon forecast. The...
NORMAL — The Iroquois County communities of Cissna Park and Watseka are proudly waving 3rd Place banners after the weekend state volleyball finals at ISU's Redbird Arena.
The Cissna Park T'wolves captured the 1A 3rd Place...
In Jasper Superior Court in Indiana Friday, a Jasper County mother and her boyfriend were handed seven-year prison terms for breaking multiple bones in the body of her infant son. Prosecutors said the baby boy was just five weeks...
