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A massive winter snowstorm that blanketed several Midwest states was a factor in at least five road deaths on Saturday and forced the grounds crew to scramble to clear snow from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City ahead of the NFL...

Clean-up is under after the weekend snow left roads snowpacked and several vehicles in ditches.  More snow is expected by week's end into Saturday.  Forecasters are tracking a system that could hit central parts of...

URBANA -- Former Kankakee Valley Park District executive director Roy Collins was handed a 42-month federal prison sentence today (Friday). He’s ordered to report to the Bureau of Prisons February 26th. The 48-year-old Collins...

                              CURRENT ALERT.. . -- Caution on roadways -- Winter...

State Representative Lindsay Parkhurst (R – Kankakee), Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City), Mike Maron (R-Fithian), and Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) were sworn in to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives for the 101st General...

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Phillip M. Kambic, Riverside President and CEO has been named Chair-elect to the Illinois Health & Hospital Association's 2019 Board of Trustees. IHA serves to represent more than 200 hospitals and nearly 50 health systems...

The proposed merger of Crescent-Iroquois School Districr #249 and Watseka Community School District #9 is the subject of a Community Meeting Wednesday, January 16.  The 6 pm meeting is scheduled at tzhe Watseka Unit Nine...

The Board of Education at Iroquois West is following the lead of a Community Focus Group in asking voters for the OK for a new high school. The April 2nd referendum vote also includes a new football and track facility. The...

The National Weather Service reports indicate a developing strong storm system is expected to move into central Illinois and Indiana late today (Friday) and Saturday. It will bring accumulating snow which is expected to cause...