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A slow-moving railroad maintenance vehicle collided with a car in Onarga Wednesday. Iroquois County Sheriff's Police investigated on West Seminary Avenue, near Oak Street. 84-year-old Delozez Martinez was approaching the...

Police in Hoopeston are encouraging residents to sign-up for an alert system allowing them to receive real time public safety messages. Police Chief Mark Drollinger says the department has partnered with Nixle to implement its...

                    DeWall trust paves the way toward future Gibson Area Hospital opened its new obstetrics unit, courtesy of an...

Trustees in Ashkum and Clifton approved new contracts with the Iroquois County 9-1-1 Board this week. The respective village boards signed their contracts with the Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) for emergency...

Illinois State Police were on the scene of a crash Wednesday that injured three teenagers. The accident was on Route 102 at Rivals Road. Initial reports indicated the 17-year-old driver of a car pulled into the path of a truck...

Officials in Herscher are looking for the cause of an overnight fire that hit the Pizza Stone business. Damage estimates were not immediately available. The Main Street business sustained quite a bit of damage. A...

Newly-elected state representative Tom Bennett plans to remain a member of the Parkland College Board of Trustees. Bennett is Chairman of the Parkland Board of Trustees. He said he plans to serve the board but will step aside as...

The holiday season brings warnings to consumers about fraudulent activity. Retailers and consumers have already been advised about phony money circulated locally. Fake one hundred dollar bills have been reported in Watseka and in...

Mike Bossert was re-elected Tuesday to a new two-year term as Chairman of the Kankakee Board. Bossert won the approval of the board members on an 18-9 vote. The challenge came from 15th district board member Andy Wheeler. After...

He's no stranger to county government in Vermilion County. Mike Marron is the new Vermilion County Board Chairman. Marron stepped up from the vice-chair position Monday night, elected on a 24-1 vote during the reorganization...