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It is primary election day in Illinois. This is the latest a primary election has been held in Illinois in nearly 100 years. Illinois Democratic and Republican voters will select their party's candidates for statewide races...

It’s been talked about for years. Now, the Ricky Rockets Fuel Center in Kankakee is back on. Thursday, a welcome crowd was on hand to break ground on the $20-million dollar eastside development project. The former K-Mart site at...

Iroquois County Clerk Breein B. Suver (Friday) announced a polling place change for some Gilman voters for Tuesday’s election. It’s a temporary change for Douglas 1 Precinct voters for the June 28 Primary Election. The change of...

- Ford County Public Health Department (FCPHD) is announcing 34 new cases this week. These cases are from June 18 th through June 24th. Ford County has had a total of 4,693 cases. Of those, 2,358 are confirmed cases and...

The Supreme Court is overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that led to the legalization of abortion in the U.S.  The ruling leaves rights up to individual states.  It's a scenarion that could lead to a deeper...

Illinois' abortion laws won't be impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to put the issue back up to individual states. While some states have trigger laws restricting the procedure if Roe v. Wade is overturned, Illinois...

Iroquois County Sheriff’s police, with assistance from Kankakee County Sheriff’s police, investigated a stabbing that sent two people to Kankakee area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon. Police...

The Iroquois County Farmland Assessment meeting in Iroquois County is Thursday afternoon at 2 pm.  Ther meeting, in the County Board Room at the Administrative Center in Watseka, is open to the public. Certification of the...

Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger says the 2024 elections will be a “mess.”  That was his response (Sunday) when asked how worried he was about the next time the U.S. votes for president given how divided the country is...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is continuing to work with the CDC and local public health officials to investigate suspected cases of monkeypox virus in Illinois. As of Thursday, IDPH is reporting ten Illinois cases...