The Watseka business community is prepping for its annual awards and recognition event. The Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled the Annual Meeting & Awards Night for Tuesday, September 2, 2026. The program is...
Real estate taxes in Ford County are coming due. The first installment of 2025 taxes need to be paid by July 31. The second installment is due Friday, September 18, 2026. Treasurer Taylor Burnett says payments can be made at...
A couple waves of severe weather roared through the listening-area in just a couple of hours Monday. The first rounds brought wind and heavy rain, as well as a couple of tornado warnings along with it, just after noon. Hail was...
A fire at Our Home Food Products in Kankakee Monday evening sent four employees to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The fire was in the product oven on Eastgate Industrial Park Way. Moderate damage reported. The cost of the...
The Kankakee County Fair is set to open Wednesday 7/29 and run through August 1. WGFA will broadcast live from the fairgrounds, south of Kankakee on Route 45.
The Champaign County Fair continues today. It's Kids Day with a...
A two-vehicle crash on I-57 this (Monday 7/27) morning in Iroquois County killed one driver and injured a second. The victim killed was northbound in the southbound lane, three miles north of Buckley… according to County Coroner...
Merchant Street MusicFest Welcomes Visitors to Harold & Jean Miner Festival Square
National and local music headliners will be on stage in Kankakee Friday and...
The Watseka Community Renewal Committee plans to announce which ‘artistic mural’ will be displayed downtown. The Carol Kaufman-produced painting will enhance the city’s historic beauty, decorating a brick wall on a building at...
TOYS for TOTS is a national organization. The value of the program, what it’s all about, and the rewards go without question. And the local connections have proven to put smiles on a lot of faces --- especially at Christmas...
Vermilion County Judge Mark Goodwin sentenced a former Hoopeston resident to 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a 2023 home invasion in Rossville. 34-year-old Dwight Rowe pleaded guilty to the home invasion...
