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                                                      Child Passenger Safety Week:  Free...

Iroquois County Public Health officials announced Monday 83 new confirmed COVID cases since the last update on September 13.  Two additional individuals have passed away from virus symptoms.   Ford County Public...

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) announced another 4,368 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday.  Newton County recorded its 42nd death since the pandemic began last March. Additional...

Harvest season is here and for some that means visiting pumpkin patches and apple orchards, but we want to remind motorists that harvest season also means farmers will begin harvesting this year’s corn and soybean crops. That...

The historic St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Beecher was destroyed by fire Sunday.  No injuries were reported.  Up to a dozen area fire departments answered the call.  The church was hosting its annual Octoberfest...

                      More than 80% of Illinois adults have received at least one vaccine dose and almost 63% are fully vaccinated The Illinois Department of Public Health...

An electrical fire fueled by flammable liquids did about $7,000 damage to a house in Kankakee overnight. Firefighters were called to 196 N. Cottage about 11;30 pm No injuries reported. The occupants were displaced for the night...

Illinois State Police (ISP) District 21 Commander, Captain Don Aaron Harsy, announces the ISP will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Kankakee, Iroquois and Ford Counties on September 21, 2021. OREPs allow...

Local Indiana health departments are right in line with the surging COVID-19 cases.  Thirty-four new cases in Jasper and 13 more in Newton County were reported Thursday.  INdian's numbers have been a steady concern...

There’s a downward trend statewide in the hospitalizations for COVID-19. Data presented on the Illinois Department of Public Health website shows the peak of this wave was September 7 with statewide 565 COVID-19 patients in ICU...