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A worker is dead following an accident at a grain company in Kankakee County. Chester Cleveland fell 70-feet into a grain bin at the Whitaker Grain Elevator near Manteno while trying to clean the bin yesterday. A second employee...

The National Weather Service reports the threat of heavy rain and flooding continues for Danville and parts of Vermilion County and beyond for Friday and Saturday. The NWS tracking system now shows heavier rains for parts of...

The federal holiday to remember civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will stretch over three days in Kankakee. Dr. King’s birthday on January 20 includes that day’s Prayer Breakfast in Bradley, an Ecumenical Service and...

 The unseasonably warm holiday season in Illinois broke records. State Climatologist Trent Ford says the preliminary statewide December average temperature was 35.2 degrees, good for the 18th warmest on record. Temps...

The unseasonably warm holiday season in Illinois broke records. State Climatologist Trent Ford says the preliminary statewide December average temperature was 35.2 degrees, good for the 18th warmest on record. Temps reached...

Heavy rain could pose flooding concerns later this week into the weekend. The National Weather Service is letting people in flood-prone areas to be aware of maybe 2-4 inches. This would be for Vermilion County into west-central...

Iroquois County Veterans Assistance Commission (VAC) has new days and hours. The new days and hours at the Administrative center in Watseka are Monday through Friday 8:00 am until 4:00 PM. Friday is BY...

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...