This year's Ford County Fair, running June 19-25, features concerts, action, and events for family members of all ages.
The week's events start on Sunday with the western horse show at 10 a.m. Ten girls compete for the title of...
The Iroquois County Relay for Life welcomes the public to Watseka High School's Blake Field Friday evening. The opening ceremony is at 6 pm. The annual event benefits the American Cancer Society.
94.1 WGFA will broadcast 'live"...
Carolyn Short and Kyle Shay join the Watseka Unit Nine school district as new building principals. Both were approved today (Thursday) at a SPECIAL Board of Education meeting.
Carolyn Short received a two-year contract as...
An Essex family escaped from their burning home (Thursday) morning. Smoke detectors alerted the family at 2:45 am. Three people fled the house on Prairie Drive. The family's dog died in the fire.
Firemen found an attached garage...
CSX railroad crews plan to replace ties to improve crossings in northern parts of Vermilion County. The work tentatively will take place from around June 20 through July 1.
Similar to the announcement made by CSX in Iroquois...
Three crash victims killed in a single-car crash last month on Route 45 in Kankakee were drunk. That word from the Kankakee County Coroner's office after toxicology tests were completed.
The driver, 25-year-old Lukas Frye of...
Twenty-two year-old Alyssa Breckenridge will have to answer to drunken driving charges after running her vehicle thru a yard and into a corn field in Iroquois County.
Breckenridge was arrested by Iroquois County Sheriff's Police...
A 2014 Hopkins Park murder has landed a Pembroke Township man in prison for 20 years.
25-year-old Obededom Hammond of Pembroke Township was shot and killed October 16, 2014. 31-YEAR-OLD Lewis Ashley Jr. pleaded guilty to the...
The federal tax evasion trial of former Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds is now on hold. The ex-lawmaker is behind bars at the Kankakee County Jail. He told the court Tuesday that he's not able to prepare his case on the...
Motorists traveling Iroquois County next week will want to be aware of road closures along the CSX railroad. Work crews will be upgrading crossings. Posted road closings will include detours.
The work is tentatively scheduled...
