In just 31 days since legal pot sales began in Illinois, there was nearly $40 million sold. State government officials say that was from the sale of over 970,000 items. Taxes on such sales mostly go to the state’s general revenue...
A 23-year-old motorist from Indianapolis, stopped for speeding in Newton County, is now jailed for resisting law enforcement. Shaharian Clark was stopped for speeding (Saturday) on U.S. 41 at State Road 14. He was found to be...
Hoopeston Police report the arrest of a 36-year-old woman who turned herself in on a Vermilion County warrant. Belinda Solis failed to appear for a jury trial. She was released on a notice to appear.
A domestic...
A Kankakee County jury (Friday) returned a guilty verdict for murder against a Pembroke Township man. 58-year-old James Beals was convicted for the shooting death of 46-year-old Ralph Ledet, also of Pembroke Township. The victim...
One person was killed in a two vehicle head-on crash that occurred on New River Road near Boathouse Road in Wilmington. It happened about 6:30 Thursday morning. Witnesses told Wilmington Police a westbound vehicle passed a...
A mailman alerted emergency responders to a house fire in Onarga (Thursday). The fire at 206 E. Grant Street did extensive damage. No one was home at the time. No one was injured. The mail delivery man noticed smoke and the...
Olivet Nazarene University accounting students from the McGraw School of Business are looking forward to another
season of providing tax preparation assistance through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
(VITA) program.
The...
44-year-old Tompa Sears of Watseka was jailed in Iroquois County after a traffic stop by Watseka Police. Sears was charged with possession f METH and possession of a hypodermic needle. Officers attempted to stop...
A 42-year-old man was arrested by KAMEG agents Wednesday afternoon after he tried to flee from authorities. Christopher Harris jumped from a window of a residence in Pembroke Township to run from police. He was...
An engineering group is scheduled to deliver a report about a flood study and work plan in moving forward to deal with flooding in Iroquois County.
A Town Hall Meeting is planned for February 13 in Watseka. The 6 pm...
