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A 2014 shooting at a Kankakee tavern has led to a 10-year prison term for 25-year-old Sentray Coney of Kankakee. Coney was charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. U.S. District Judge Harold Baker found that on...

The Village of Cissna Park's former collector/bookkeeper is being sued for money stolen from the Iroquois County town. 60-year-old Rhonda Sue Siebert pleaded guilty in 2013 to a felony count of Theft. She was sentenced to a...

Twelve students were on a school bus in Benton County, IN Thursday when it was involved in a collision at a county road and U-S 41. It happened just past 9 am when the students were heading to school after a two-hour delay...

Bradley Police were called to the Northfield Square Mall Thursday afternoon where a fight between rival gangs broke out. Just a minor injury was reported, but five people are facing charges ranging from mob action and disorderly...

One of Illinois' longest-running show choir competition events resumes this weekend in Iroquois County. The Watseka Show Choir Invitational is set for Friday night and Saturday at Watseka Community High School. The popular event...

Two separate cases finds a Sheldon man and a Paxton resident in trouble facing theft charges. 18-year-old Drey Watkins is jailed in Watseka. He's charged with Residential Burglary and Theft. Iroquois County Sheriff's Police...

Interstate 65 North is back open and traffic flowing between Tippecanoe and White counties after multiple fatal crashes closed the route in both directions. I-65 was closed down for more than 15 hours, beginning Tuesday...

27-year-old Chase McCall of Gibson City has joined the Ford County Board. He fills the seat of former Board Chairman Rick Bowen. McCall was appointed at Monday night's regular meeting in Paxton. McCall serves District 3. His...

The Iroquois County Sheriff's Department has issued another warning about a telephone scam targeting the elderly. Recent reports to police are that calls are being made to citizens from people claiming to be a relative, usually...

NORMAL – Nearly 900 young women and chaperones came to the Illinois State University campus LAST Friday for an agricultural career discovery conference. The Women Changing the Face of Agriculture Conference is in its sixth year...