In Iroquois Circuit Court (Tuesday) Judge James Kinzer sentenced a former Watseka man to 9 years in prison for aggravated battery with a firearm involving a shooting in the summer of 2015. Jerry Pintelon was found guilty in April...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...
Devin Nicole Hindes of Roselawn is the new Punkin Vine Fair Queen in Indiana. The Newton County Fair crowned its new queen last evening, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the fair. Devin is the 18-year-old daughter of Bev...
A traffic stop on a car hauler Sunday along I-57 led to the discovery of suspected cocaine and a weapon. Illinois State Police stopped the vehicle just before 5 pm. A K-9 alerted police to six kilos of suspected cocaine and a 9...
A Clifton woman was jailed in Iroquois County on charges of Retail theft and possession of a hypodermic needle. 29-year-old Anita Ponton was wanted on warrants in both Iroquois and Kankakee County.
A Gilman woman, 24-year-old...
An abandoned house fire over the weekend led to the arrests of three people in Jasper County, IN.
24-year-old Jacob R. Call of Wheatfield and 35-year-old Nicholas Charles Dykshorn of Demotte on various charges including Arson...
Toby Coates has been named the new Donovan School District #3 superintendent. He joined the district as of July1. It’s his first role as a school superintendent.
Coates come from LaSalle County. His early years in education were...
Farmers State Bank of Danforth and Aroma Park is merging with the Kankakee-based First Trust Bank. The announcement, in a press release, states the merger is likely to be finalized later this year. The anticipated transaction...
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gilman welcomes visitors to a blood drive today (Thursday). The event runs from 12 Noon 'til 6 pm.
Organizers said the church at 116 N. Thomas is in the middle of some local road construction...
Newton County Sheriff’s Police are investigating a crash that killed a 40-year-old Cedar Lake, Indiana man (Tuesday). Timothy Mueller was pronounced dead at the scene (by the Newton County Coroner) after his vehicle struck...
