Cissna Park and Watseka are among area communities distributing poppies this Memorial Day weekend. Proceeds from donations benefit hospitalized veterans.
The American Legion in Watseka (Post 23) finds members along Walnut...
Two new alderman were seated Tuesday in Watseka. Brandon Barragree and Rob Hoffman took their oaths of office.
Alder-woman Bev Foster was absent. She too, was a winner in the April election.
Barragree is a veteran businessman...
John Allhands was sworn-in (Tuesday) as Watseka’s new mayor. He succeeds Bob Harwood, who served two terms. Harwood did not seek re-election.
Allhands was a winner in a four-person contest April 4th. He served as Ward 4 alderman...
Two employees of CSL Behring were taken to the emergency room following what the company described as a "small chemical spill" Wednesday morning. The employees were checked out “as a precaution,” according to a company...
A single-vehicle traffic accident in Newton County, Indiana killed a Sheldon man Tuesday night. 64-year-old Jack Kiifner (Keef-ner) was driving eastbound on Route 24 when his vehicle hit a utility pole. The victim was pronounced...
While three Catholic churches in Kankakee are merging under the name St. John Paul II, no decision has been made as to which churches might close for good, or even how the diocese might use those buildings.
No decisions, yet...
Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner is reporting that the overdose death earlier this month of a 38-year-old Kankakee man was due to carfentanil. It’s a synthetic opioid that officials in states across the country say is linked...
Emergency responders were called out to CSL Bearing in Bourbonnais this (Wed) morning. Initial reports indicated a chemical spill and a Haz-Mat team was on the scene. No further details were available.
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Chicago Police are ready with more security outside of Wrigley Field in the wake of the attack in the United Kingdom. The Chicago Cubs yesterday offered to pay for the costs of new security cameras outside and within a few blocks...
Peoria's USDA lab is on the list of cuts in President Trump's budget. The lab is one of 17 USDA sites that would close as part of the budget released yesterday. Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, whose district includes...
