The Annual Watseka Boys Holiday Tournament offers a balanced field of competitors, beginning this (Thursday) evening. The six-day tourney runs through next Wednesday, December 19.
Ten teams participate in the tournament this...
A 51-year-old Sheldon man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly trying to pass off a counterfeit $20 Chinese bill. James Koch is charged with 3-counts of forgery.
Watseka Police were called to a local business...
43-year-old Daniel Builta of Rensselaer, IN was pronounced dead after a traffic accident Tuesday afternoon. Jasper County Sheriff's Police responded to a single-vehicle crash at County Road 1050 N and U.S 231. ...
A missing teenager from Thayer, IN is back home safe. Seth Spitler had been reported missing, last seen November 30th. Newton County Sheriff's Police delivered the good news (Thursday). Seth was located and is...
After a year of alternating morning and late-afternoon meetings, the Iroquois County Board is back to just 9 am meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
Tuesday's (12/11) 5 pm meeting was the last. The Board followed...
An 18-year-old Danville man faces formal charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm in the weekend fatal shooting of his friend just west of Danville.
Vermilion County State's Attorney Jacqueline...
Congressman Adam Kinzinger released a statement after the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 passed the House with strong bipartisan support today (Wednesday:
“Our agriculture...
Gov. Bruce Rauner is urging the incoming administration to continue his work in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the state’s Medicaid system, and to clarify rules for state workers who belong to the same union as the...
The likelihood of solar farms in area counties continues moving forward. Iroquois, Kankakee and Champaign county officials are anxiously waiting for decisions from the state as a new year approaches.
Several proposed solar farm...
Three members of a Ford County militia group accused of bombing a Minnesota mosque will have their federal cases consolidated for trial in Minnesota.
The News-Gazette reports Michael Hari, Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris were...
