New numbers released (Thursday) from the Illinois Department of Employment Security shows some improvement in East Central Illinois. Unemployment numbers fell last month.
Iroquois County’s jobless rate dropped from 5.5 to...
Watseka Police and Public Works employees are doing what they can today (Thurs) to resume normal activities after overnight storms. The morning commute has been a challenge with downed trees and power lines messing up several...
Watseka Police report the arrest of 22-year-old Isiah Nelson after officers responded to a suspicious person report about 10:15 Tuesday night. A citizen report about an occupied vehicle in a parking lot for over an hour led to...
A pick-up truck and a box truck collided head-on early yesterday (Tues) in Lake County, IN killing the driver of the box truck. That driver wasn’t identified. Lake County Sheriffs Police report two others were injured in the...
Today (Tuesday) is Crossing Guard Appreciation Day in Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker proclaimed the day to honor workers who help ensure the safety of students throughout the state as they walk and bike school. The Illinois...
A pickup truck pulling a trailer collided with a semi in Iroquois County last (Mon) evening. A passenger in the pickup died of injuries. 51-year-old Raul Maya of Dry Ridge, KY was pronounced dead at Riverside Hospital. The driver...
The Watseka Park District has a Blessing Box, thanks to Watseka Girl Scout Troop 2529. The Blessing Box is the first in Iroquois County.
The weatherproof box contains supplies that can help people in need. The Blessing Box...
Nearly a third of Illinois is covered by disaster declarations. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker last week said he's declared disasters in 34 counties, most of them along the Illinois or Mississippi rivers.
The governor says this...
