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More than $740 million from federal taxpayers for Illinois’ non-Community Development Block Grant cities should be released. That’s the message from the Illinois Municipal League. The group says larger communities in Illinois are...

Flood Advisory issued TODAY 7/16 until July 20 at 7 pm .... The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a * Flood Advisory for... Ford County and Iroquois County ... until 11:15 am. * At 751 am doppler radar...

A 24-year-old Woodland man who allegedly raped a co-worker in the back of a delivery work truck is jailed in Champaign County.  Isaiah R. Allen was arrested Monday for aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual...

Emergency management officials are dealing with a release of gasoline from a pipeline in Iroquois County.  The Marathon Pipe Line Company has shut down and isolated the pipeline and deployed resources to contain the fuel...

Another vote on Iroquois County Board redistricting is expected after last month's (June) apparently didn’t make into a committee-suggested ordinance, so changes were made and the Board (Tuesday) voted a measure down. Board...

Damage estimated ranged from $30 to $40,000 from an attached garage fire earlu today (Wednesday) in Kankakee.  Fire Chief Bryan LaRoche reported it was a wall heater that sparked the fire at 545 May Drive.  One...

Erin Anderson grabbed the ear of judges and the spectators with her speech Tuesday evening and earned the queen's title at the 2021 Iroquois County Fair.  The 19-year-old from Rankin was crowned the new queen.  Judges...

18-year-old Carly James of Demotte is the new 2021 Punkin Vine Fair Queen.  She was crowned Monday evening at the Newton County Fairgrounds north of Kentland. Carly is the daughter of Cary & Gayle James.  She's a...

Six young ladies are contestants for the title of the 2021 Miss Iroquois County Fair Queen. They compete next Tuesday night (7/13) at the Crescent City Fairgrounds. The pageant will air on WIBK Radio 96.9 – AM 1360. Reigning...

The federal court in Urbana report  56-year-old Dwayne White of Rantoul was sentenced (Monday) to 150 months (12 1/2 years) in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography.  White entered a...