The Illinois Department of Transportation reports the I-57 construction work in replacing bridges south of Chebanse and Clifton should be completed in about four weeks.
Meanwhile, motorists are urged to be aware of the...
A 31-year-old Kankakee man was shot several times Monday by a gunman who is in police custody. Jermaine Burbridge is identified as the shooting victim. He was pronounced dead in the 600-block of N. Harrison Avenue.
Kankakee...
Bloomington – Students from more than a dozen Illinois high schools are trying their hands at crafting new state legislation. It's all part of State Senator Jason Barickman's (R-Bloomington) "Youth Advisory Council."
Sixty-five...
Washington, DC- Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon) today released the following statement following the news of the beheading of American Peter Kassig by ISIS:
"I am deeply saddened by the ruthless murder of Peter Kassig...
The National Weather Service is reporting temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below normal today (Mon) it will continue in Central Illinois throughout much of the week.
Scattered snow flurries are in the afternoon forecast. The...
NORMAL — The Iroquois County communities of Cissna Park and Watseka are proudly waving 3rd Place banners after the weekend state volleyball finals at ISU's Redbird Arena.
The Cissna Park T'wolves captured the 1A 3rd Place...
In Jasper Superior Court in Indiana Friday, a Jasper County mother and her boyfriend were handed seven-year prison terms for breaking multiple bones in the body of her infant son. Prosecutors said the baby boy was just five weeks...
Authorities in the journalism department at Eastern Illinois University confirm a student is dead and another is injured after a pickup truck crash this past weekend.
The students worked for the EIU campus newspaper. Both had...
