Motorists will have to sue alternate routes overnight tonight (Monday) if traveling on Illinois Route One at Watseka. The continuing bridge work will close the route from 8 pm 'til 6 am tomorrow (Tuesday, August...
Road work in Vermilion County will be slowed, beginning this week. Traffic on Route 1, north of Hoopeston, and I-74 will be affected.
The re-surfacing work begins Thursday (August 4).
The Illinois Department of Transportation...
Edward C. Peters, of Clifton, was elected to the position of State Commander of the Disabled American Veterans.
Peters served in the Army in Vietnam, in 1967 and '68. In 1976, he took over the pre-Memorial Day responsibilities...
Fire officials in Morocco, IN have determined the cause of a fire that destroyed a Morocco home early Wednesday morning.
Fire Chief Corrie Myers reports investigators determined the fire at 301 W. Grove St. was electrical in...
An investigation continues after a 46-year-old man’s body was removed from the Kankakee River (Sunday). Michael Howard of Kankakee was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:25 pm.
Several emergency vehicles blocked traffic at River...
Downtown Kankakee is boasting its ‘shining star,’ the Merchant Street Music Fest today (Friday) and Saturday. Thirty-five different bands offer a variety of musical entertainment, food vendors and crafts and art displays.
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Kankakee, Vermilion County jobless rates improve
New numbers from the Illinois Department of Employment security show both Kankakee and Vermilion counties have continued improvements to their jobless rates.
Vermilion County’s...
A Bourbonnais woman is dead, killed in a traffic accident on I-80, after watching her son play Little League baseball.
37-year-old Jamie Leech was on her way back from Moline after watching her son play in a state Little League...
Birkey’s Farm Store Inc., a full-line Case IH and Case Construction dealer, has agreed to acquire the Farm Pride network of equipment dealerships.
Farm Pride is currently located in Arthur, Shelbyville, Casey, Newton, and...
The FAA will be involved in the investigation of a plane crash overnight at Dwight. A single-engine plan crashed in a bean field. An Oak Park (IL) woman escaped serious injury. She was reportedly the lone person...
