The Illinois Department of Employment Security has extended state unemployment eligibility for an additional 20 weeks. Illinois is one of 19 states that have extended the time period for people who have lost their jobs to claim...
Watseka city leaders are putting the wheel in motion to bring a cost-savings for those citizens required to carry flood insurance. The City Council (Tuesday) voted 7-1 to move forward with its application for a FEMA-supported...
A Paxton man could be looking at 6-60 years in prison for the sexual assault of a girl under 13-years of age. 33-year-old Brandon Irish is jailed in Ford County. He was arrested last Tuesday 8/18 on charges of predatory criminal...
- Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation officials announced that the search for Tammy Zywicki's killer still continues.
Back on Aug. 23, 1992, Zywicki, a 21-year-old college student was traveling from...
Governor JB Pritzker and the State Department of Public Health are announcing COVID Recovery Region 7 will see tighter restrictions, beginning Wednesday. Region 7 includes Kankakee and Will Counties.
The new restrictions are in...
The Watseka Girls Track & Field Team has earned its 8th consecutive Illinois High School Association Team Academic Award for the 2019-2010 season. It's also the 11th such award in the last 12 years.
Coach Troy Simpson...
Iroquois County Treasurer Kurt Albers announced that the deadline to pay the second installment of real estate taxes without penalty is Tuesday, September 1, 2020. After that date, 1 ½ percent interest on all property must be...
Shootings in Kankakee Saturday and Sunday are under investigation. Around 3:30 Saturday morning, police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of the 700 block of South Gordon Avenue (southeast side). Two people were...
The City of Watseka is eligible to join a FEMA-supported Community Rating System (CRS). Now, the city just has to follow through with the application process to provide those citizens required to carry flood insurance an...
