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Illinois State Police report the arrest of 35-year-old Joseph Lookingbill of Kankakee.  He faces 3-counts of possession of child pornography.  Agents arrested Lookingbill (Tuesday) at his Schuyler Avenue...

Boil order in effect on South Fourth Street in Watseka, from Fairman Avenue south, Belmont Avenue from Fairman south, and all of Western Avenue until further notice. 94.1 WGFA  
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that in line with the national trend, the state’s overall respiratory illness level has ticked up from moderate to high, driven by an expected early winter jump in hospital...

Iroquois County authorities are looking into the death of man found lying in a Gilman business parking lot (Tuesday) morning. An un-identified male subject, discovered in the lot off Route 24, is the subject of an...

A Bourbonnais man has been identified as the IDOT snowplow operator killed Monday in Iroquois County when his truck was hit by a train engine.  Two engines were northbound on the Canadian National Railroad when the snowplow...

Illinois’ overall respiratory illness level has jumped from “moderate” to “high,” according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). An IDPH dashboard tracks seasonal respiratory illness and indicates that over 21% of...

County Health Departments urge residents to test their homes for radon during National Radon Action Month. Radon, a radioactive gas with no taste, smell, or color, is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., according...

A truck vs train collision in Iroquois County Monday morning took the life of an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) employee. Illinois State Police and the Canadian National Railroad authorities investigated the crash a...

Bourbonnais Police report a shooting Monday injured a 17-year-old and a 24-year-old man faces weapon charges. A Court hearing is scheduled today (Wed) for Darrid Britton of Kankakee. He’s charged with aggravated battery in...

                             A water trickle can prevent freezing pipes  Warming centers will be available for those citizens needing to escape from...