The Watseka City Council voted (this week) to increase the tax on alcohol sales. The tax is being doubled from 3 to 6 percent….the revenues, according to Mayor John Allhands, targeted toward the payment of police pensions and...
Illinois State Police investigated a two-vehicle crash in Vermilion County's Butler Township Tuesday evening. Two Paxton residents died in the accident, which involved a reported stolen car from Rantoul. Coroner Jane...
Local participants of WGFA’s ‘Local Scene” and up-and-coming musicians may want to take note ---- your chance looms to grab some stage-time at Kankakee’s annual Merchant Street MusicFest.
Local teen bands get another opportunity...
Paisley Griffith and Brayden McClanahan were selected by the judges to serve as Little Miss and Little Mister at the Ford County Fair Tuesday. Paisley is the daughter of Samantha Ferguson of Gibson City. Brayden is...
Two people are dead and four others injured after a head-on crash in Wilmington (Tuesday) night. State Police say it happened just before 10 pm on southbound I-55 near Lorenzo Road.
It was a wrong-way interstate driver who...
28-year-old Amber Dunlap of Pontiac was charged by Fairbury Police with Traveling to Meet a Minor and Indecent Solicitation of a Child. It's another police sting by Fairbury Police to catch up with those people talking with...
The Union Pacific Railroad is closing the Route 1/17 crossing at Grant Park today (Tuesday). A four-day project will involve maintenance. The Illinois Department of Transportation had planned the work . A posted...
The City of Watseka joins all of Iroquois County issuing a county-wide burn ban -- until further notice. Extremely dry conditions has fire officials advising against any burning until rains improve the conditions. The...
4-H activities are on today's (Monday) agenda at the 2023 Ford County Fair at Melvin. Several 4-H events feature the youth projects. The fair runs through July 1. The traditional event has been bringing entertainment...
