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The community of Lake Iroquois in southwestern Iroquois County is under a boil order until further notice. Lake Iroquois' maintenance department reported Monday afternoon that the boil order is a result of a water main being...

The Indiana Department of Transportation has scheduled a weeklong closure on a stretch of U.S. 24 in White County. Beginning today (Monday), U.S. 24 will be shut down between U.S. 231 near Wolcott and State Road 43 in...

District Court Judge Colin S. Bruce Monday sentenced 41-year-old Valeriano J., aka 'Billy,' Zarate (zah-RAH-te) of Cissna Park to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess more than five kilograms of cocaine with...

The Illinois Department of Transportation is hosting a series of statewide public meetings on its new five-year, $8.4 billion highway improvement plan. The first meeting is this (Mon) afternoon at the River Valley Metro Mass...

The public is welcome to offer input today (Monday) on proposed cuts in the Kankakee School district. The District #111 Board of education is considering closing an elementary school building to fight off a...

A Friday night accident in Wilmington Township claimed the life of 19-year-old Ross Grskovic of Wilmington. His twin- brother, Casey, is hospitalized, charged with DUI. Will County Sheriff's Police report the accident happened...

Danville Police are continuing their investigation into a Friday night shooting incident that sent four people to the hospital. Police report officers were called to a home in the 1300 block of May Street at about...

Community and business friends gathered with the Milford (Maps District #124) school board on the lawn of the Milford Grade School Friday. It was special day to mark the start of construction for a new high school and renovation...

The state's two top ambassadors for Illinois agriculture resigned Thursday. Phil Nelson, a LaSalle County farmer who had served as Gov. Bruce Rauner's agriculture director for just nine months, and Patrick Buchen, who served a...

Convicted-killer Andrew Condon is asking the court for a new trial.  The rural Ashkum man is jailed awaiting sentencing for the murder of Jonathan Rubin of Danforth.  The shooting death of Rubin took place at a Gilman...