That loud boom heard by people in Kankakee County Wednesday was the result of “an engineered blast” at the Vulcan Quarry in Lehigh. Lehigh is some 16 miles west of Kankakee. Several calls questioning the loud boom were directed...
The Watseka Junior High School Science Olympiad Team competed at the Illinois State Science Olympiad virtual competition on Saturday, April 23 The team earned state medals in five events enroute to a 6th place finish as a team...
The Watseka Junior High School Science Olympiad Team competed at the Illinois State Science Olympiad virtual competition on Saturday, April 23 The team earned state medals in five events enroute to a 6th place finish as a team...
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...
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...
