The 2019 Illinois Report Card is out, showing area county schools listed in the ‘Commendable’ category. School leaders tout the positive numbers, but also add, there’s always room for improvement.
Illinois’ educational...
It was a first at Kankakee Community College Wednesday. An inauguration ceremony on the riverfront campus recognized the 7th president of the community-college. Dr. Michael Boyd was officially recognized. He began his new role at...
Riverside Healthcare officials (Tuesday) unveiled the latest in interventional suites now offered on the Kankakee campus. The suites are first of their kind in Illinois. Riverside CEO Phil Kambic said the construction has been...
The Illinois man suspected of robbing several banks, including the Farmers State Bank in Watseka, has been officially charged with multiple accounts of robbery and theft. 41-year-old Joseph Kruger (of Tilton, IL) faces 4-counts...
An area congressman offered thanks to U.S. Armed Forces after it was reported over the weekend that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed when he detonated a suicide vest during a military raid in Syria.
As ABC News has...
If you want people to know you and what you’re all about, you have to market yourself. And that’s what a group of Purdue University students are telling city leaders in Watseka. Watseka Mayor John Allhands says ‘if we’re going to...
The southeast side of Watseka is under a boil order. ERH Enterprises issued the order today (Monday). It's in place until further notice. The boil order begins at the south of Lincoln Street to the Union Pacific...
Illinois State Police at District 21 in Ashkum along with District 6 at Pontiac each have two new troopers on board. They’re part of the 57 new Troopers of Cadet Class 129 who graduated from the academy in Springfield.
The new...
The Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce is growing. And newly-appointed executive director Emily Poff wants to keep that momentum moving forward.
Poff tells WGFA News she’s excited about the new job she’s settling into for that...
The investigation continues into a fatal accident in Grundy County. It happened (Thursday evening) on the Goodfarm Road near the Camps blacktop when the westbound vehicle ran under a semi. The Grundy County Coroner’s Office...
