State Rep. Tom Bennett has taken issue against a proposal to implement a graduated income tax increase in Illinois. He calls the idea “unnecessary and unwise” for Illinois taxpayers.
The House Revenue and Finance Committee was...
The Illinois Dept of Natural Resources will provide Watseka flood victims details about a $5.3 million grant program at local meeting tomorrow (Tues) evening. The 7 pm meeting is at the Trinity Church on Route 24-E.
Property...
Village officials in Dwight may be looking to ban tobacco products and vaping devices in certain areas within the town. The Village Board this week heard a presentation by the Dwight Township High School’s “Teens Terminating...
The courthouse lawn in Kankakee was the setting Thursday for the 2019 Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony. Several area police agencies and military groups were represented to pay respect to those officers who died in the line of...
A farm tractor and a semi collided in Newton County, IN Thursday, sending one person to Riversde Hospital in Kankakee. Sheriff’s Police are investigating.
Deputies responded about 7:30 am to north of CR 1150 N. on US 41 . A Mack...
Ford County Treasurer Krisha Shoemaker is announcing real estate tax bills should be in the mail by the middle of next month. The 2018 statements, payable here in 2019, will be mailed by mid-June.
That would make the due date...
Flood Advisory issued May 16 at 9:55AM CDT until May 20 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS Chicago
...The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Flood Advisory for the Sugar Creek...
Sugar Creek at Milford affecting Iroquois...
It's the first-ever Business of the Year Award from the Kentland Chamber of Commerce. And Murphy's Food King, a local grocer Kentland and the community rely on, was named the winner at the Kentland Chamber's annual...
Local voices are getting involved in Illinois’ push to get drivers to pay attention. There’s a push to protect police officers, firemen, tow truck drivers and others on the side of the road. And – it’s been obvious, simple Rules...
Former Illinois State Police special agent Brad Cluver will spend 60 days in the Ford County Jail and then spend 30 months on probation. That was the sentence handed down in court (Tuesday). Cluver was found guilty last month of...
