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Recreational marijuana is now legal in Illinois. However, driving high is not. Illinois has strict laws against driving impaired. If you choose to use recreational marijuana, do so safely and responsibly and avoid driving...

A Michigan man is jailed in Boone County (IN) facing reckless homicide charges after a crash that killed three injured more than a dozen people Sunday on I-65.  Matthew Small of Grandville, MI was operating a semi that...

Watseka High School's 4th annual "Throwback" Boys basketball game will be Saturday vs St. Anne. This year’s event will be a 70’s Night theme at the Warrior boys’ basketball game on Saturday, January 11th at Watseka...

Gibson Area Hospital (GAH) Baby Central welcomed Ellie Nicole Good as the first baby of 2020. Ellie Nicole arrived January 1, 2020, at 7:35 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. Delivered by Bernadette...

Brianne Miller of Martinton will be among 73 county fair queens competing in Springfield for the title of Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. The state pageant is at the Crown Plaza Convention Center January 19.  The 61st Miss...

District 21 Illinois State Police will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols in Kankakee, Iroquois and Ford counties on Wednesday, Jan. 22, and Friday, Jan. 31. The special patrols focus on compliance with safety belt...

Seventy percent of U.S. farmland will likely change hands during the next two decades. With estimates as high as half of American farmers operating without an estate plan, the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) and Country Financial are...

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Riverside Healthcare and the Riverside Family Birthing Center are pleased to welcome Kankakee County's first baby of the new decade! Baylor Lynn was born at 4:36 a.m. on January 1st, 2020 to Curtis Marcott and Jessica White of...

Public libraries across Illinois are either eliminating late fees or are looking into such a policy. Starting Wednesday, the Fox River Valley Public Library District says patrons will no longer be charged fines for late...