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Door-to-door damage assessments are being conducted in Watseka with hope federal financial assistance will be available for flood victims. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials are working with the Illinois EMA...

Midwest retailer giant Meijer is lined up to step into the Bradley (IL) business climate. The Michigan-based Meijer outlet, it's been announced, will fill the void in Kankakee County when the K-Mart Super Center closes. Bradley...

He's the 36th Person to serve as Sheriff of Kankakee County. And. after 19 years and having won re-election in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014....Sheriff Tim Bukowski announced his retirement. He'll step aside April 23rd. At a press...

K-Mart employees in Bradley are reporting they received notice (Wednesday) that the store is closing. No official word yet from the parent company, the Sears Holding Group, but village officials expect the store closing to happen...

The election office is open for voting in Vermilion County. Voters in Vermilion County can begin casting ballots today (February 4). It is the first day for early voting and voting by mail. McLean County election officials also...

CHARLESTON — Supporters of Eastern Illinois University have planned a rally later this week in support of a state appropriation to sustain the university. Layoff notices are going out to some 200 civil service employees. What's...

A rural Hoopeston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend multiple times is among 11 defendants indicted by an Iroquois County grand jury. 50-year-old Lisa Bitzel is charged with aggravated domestic battery and aggravated...

The Joliet Diocese is closing Kankakee's Aquinas Catholic Academy. Declining enrollment is a factor. The Daily-Journal reports in its exclusive story, the closing is affective at the end of the current school year. The D-J...

A single-vehicle crash on Cable Line Road in Iroquois County killed an elderly motorist. The accident scene was discovered about 4 am this (Wednesday) morning. Iroquois County Coroner Bill Cheatum identified the victim as...

                                ISP Troopers to Step Up DUI...