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The removal of southbound Route 47 over I-55 at Dwight is now underway.  The project started Wednesday night.  All interstate 55 traffic will be diverted up the existing exit ramps, cross Route 47 and reentering...

Officials with Ameren Illinois are warning customers their bills will be going up. The company says the increases are due to energy costs associated with power bills. They cite significant global events that are causing prices to...

Two drug-dealing defendants will spend time in the Livingston County Jail. Both pleaded guilty in the case, handled by the Fairbury and Pontiac Police and the Livingston County Proactive Unit. 23-year-old Dylan Layne of Pontiac...

                                            Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department is taking back unwanted prescription...

The WCHS gymnasium was the setting for wheelchair basketball Friday night. The third annual University of Illinois Wheelchair Basketball Game was a fundraiser for Options Center for Living – a non-profit for people with...

More than 400 degrees and certificates will be conferred at the 53rd annual Kankakee Community College commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14 in the George H. Ryan Gymnasium in the college's Activities Building. A...

Illinois Congresswoman Robin Kelly was a bearer of good news (Wed) for folks in Pembroke Township. She presented a $3-million check to Hopkins Park Mayor Mark Hodge. That check will help deliver broadband internet service to the...

As the Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce preps for its Annual Banquet, the recipients of this year’s Professional and Staff Achievement awards are being announced ahead of the May 4th event. Harbor House (Wed) was named the...

River Valley Metro Mass Transit District has announced face coverings are no longer required.  The mask requirement is now a recommendation, but not required for those using the bus system in Kankakee...

Government officials are alerted about those Statement of Economic Interests. They have been mailed to those who need to submit the forms. They’re due no later than May 1 Questions can be directed to Iroquois County Clerk Breein...