Proposed tax hikes for operations within the fire operations were defeated in three fire protection districts Tuesday. Results brought negative votes in the Limestone, Grant Park and Bourbonnais districts. Voters also...
For the first time in history, Illinoisans voted to not retain a sitting Supreme Court justice, Thomas Killbride. The Citizens for Judicial Fairness group has been tracking the issue. Longtime Illinois politics observer...
A limited number of contested issues on Tuesday’s General Election ballot in Iroquois County. For District 2 on the County Board, Barbara Offill and Ernie Curtis won re-election while newcomer David Penny will join the board...
A 29-year-old Champaign man is under arrest following a reported armed carjacking in Clifton Tuesday afternoon. It happened just before 4 pm at the Circle K Gas Station, just off I-57. Illinois State Police report the offender...
Countywide elected officers in Iroquois County will coast into new four-year terms in today's General Election. Circuit Clerk Lisa Hines, State's Attorney Jim Devine and Coroner Bill Cheatum are all...
It’s 2020 Election Day ! Voters get their say after months of political rhetoric.
President Donald Trump and former V-P Joe Biden spent the last weekend and yesterday (Mon) getting in their final say. And a record number of...
A Red Cross Blood Drive in Gilman welcomes donars Thursday (11/5). The Garage Community Center is the host site from 9 am - 3 pm. The event was scheduled to be at the Iroquois West High School.but due to COVID...
Damage assessments were being made Tuesday after several buildings were damaged from a brush fire in rural Bourbonnais. It took firefighters some time to bring the spreading flames under control near 3100 W Road. There were no...
79-year-old Edward Dill of Gilman is free after posting a $25,000 bond in Iroquois County Court. He was arrested by Sheriff's Police last Friday for Predatory Criminal Sexual; Assault of a Child and Aggravated Criminal...
A stabbing death of a DeMotte, Indiana woman in 2018 now finds the woman’s husband heading to prison. 37-year-old Joseph Borgia was handed a lengthy 53-year prison term in Jasper Superior Court. Borgia plead guilty in September...
