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Five Donovan high school students were treated for injuries after a 16-year-old driver of a car rolled the vehicle Friday morning. Iroquois County Sheriff’s Police responded to the accident in Beaver Township at County...

An East Lynn man is jailed in Watseka on a $250,000 bond after his arrest for leading police on a chase in Vermilion and Iroquois counties Thursday.  25-year-old Michael Rogers faces several charges, including aggravated...

A Watseka man is headed to prison for 50 years.  30-year-old Brian Garrett was sentenced Friday in Iroquois Circuit Court for the 2009 double-murders of Robert Wood and Ralph Elsey. Garrett pleaded guilty to 1st and 2nd...

A 50-year prison term was handed down this (Fri) morning to Brian Garrett for the 2009 double murders of Robert Wood and Ralph Elsey. The 30-year-old Garrett, represented by public defender Dale Strough, labored for months...

A former mayor and village trustee, and dedicated community leader in the village of Bradley has died. Robert Martin passed away this (Fri) morning at the Illinois Veterans Home in Manteno. He served the Bradley...

WATSEKA — Circuit Judge Gordon Lustfeldt imposed a seven and a-half year prison term for a Buckley man who was involved in a fatal drunken driving accident in 2010.  25-year-old Jordan Hasselbring pleaded guilty Wednesday...

BLOOMINGTON — State Rep. Jason Barickman, R-Champaign, picked up endorsements from five Central Illinois sheriffs Wednesday in his bid for the Republican nomination for the redrawn 53rd Illinois Senate District seat. The...

PONTIAC — Livingston County may be a perfect spot for food processing and manufacturing firms, based on results from a countywide survey of business leaders. Larry Vaupel, CEO of the Greater Livingston County Economic...

CHAMPAIGN — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will be the headline speaker for the Champaign County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner on April 19. Tickets, which will be $90 apiece, will go on sale to the public on Feb. 23 at...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A spokesman says the Illinois Supreme Court will announce a policy for allowing cameras in trial courts on an experimental and limited basis. Joe Tybor said says the court will make its announcement...