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Milford and Hoopeston Area high school students were among several who participated in the Worldwide Youth in Science & Engineering Society's Academoc Challenge. The competition was held at Danville Area Community College...

A Rockford (IL) truck driver escaped serious injury today (Tuesday) when his loaded Kenworth semi ran off the road and hit a utility pole in Newton County, IN. 35-year-old Keith Dworschak was treated at an area hospital for...

The 104th Annual Meeting of the Kankakee County Farm Bureau will take place on Thursday, March 3 at the Hilton Garden Conference Center at 455 Riverstone Parkway in Kankakee. The evening will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m...

Gas prices are still on a decline in the WGFA-listening area. Some communities have posted prices below the buck and-a-half range throughout Illiana. Prices in Danville Monday were at $1.47. The national average price of $1.81...

The director of an emergency dispatch system in Chicago's northwest suburbs has been named to lead Illinois' new statewide 911 system. Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday named Cindy Barbera-Brelle to serve as Illinois' first statewide...

Susan Wynn Bence has been elected the Illinois Federation of Republican Women (IFRW) as its new president. Bence will oversee nine regions and 41 clubs. It is the largest grassroots volunteer Republican women's organization in...

The Momence school board is expected to vote on a reported $441,600 worth of cuts. Teaching staff and sports programs are part of the cuts as the school board considers increasing fees for sports, fine arts and driver's...

The Rachard Butler murder trial will demand increased security when the trial resumes today at the Kankakee County Courthouse. A fight on the 1st floor of the courthouse Friday involved some 30 people. No arrests were made and...

A Central Illinois man is free from prison after serving nearly 20 years of a 55-year sentence. Teshome Campbell was freed Friday after the Champaign County state's attorney declined to retry him for the 1998 murder of...

Two men are jailed in Watseka after an investigation involving alleged identity theft. 67-year-old Walter Urban of Watseka and 27-year-old Mekiell Burns of Pembroke are jailed in Iroquois County. Urban is facing charges of...