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Reports of a person with gun triggered a police chase in Watseka Sunday afternoon. A 22-year-old Watseka man is now facing several charges. Watseka Police responded to a Person with a Gun in the 100-block of W. Oak Street just...

Snow and freezing rain is in today's (Monday) forecast, snow and sleet accumulation of less than one-inch is possible.  Driving may be tricky and changing road conditions will limit visibility.  High near 32.  The...

VACCINE DISTRIBUTION  -- A category of Illinoisans totaling more than 3.2 million are eligible to get inline for the COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said starting today (Monday), and as supplies allow, all residents...

High school athletes in several counties, including Iroquois, Ford, Vermilion and Champaign, could soon be able to compete in basketball and football based on new guidance from the Illinois Department of Public Health. IDPH...

Areas of Region 6 of the Illinois COVID-19 mitigation map have advanced out of Tier 1 into the less restrictive Phase 4. Iroquois, Ford, Champaign and Vermilion counties are part of Region 6. The Illinois Department of Public...

South Evergreen Avenue in Kankakee is the latest area where gunfire was reported in the city. This incident Wednesday night, in the 300-block. Police said witnesses informed them the shots came from a drive-by vehicle, a...

Two Gary, IN residents are jailed in Jasper County following a reported bank robbery in Demotte Wednesday. The 5th Third Bank was held up about Noon. Employees provided a description the suspects made off in. Police in Hebron...

An un-identified driver was killed Thursday morning in Livingston County when a train hit his vehicle near Dwight. The vehicle reportedly rolled into a ditch and burst into flames after the impact, according to emergency...

26-year-old Samuel Johnson of Gibson City was killed in a head-on collision Thursday evening on a rural road in Champaign County. Illinois State Police and the Champaign County Coroner’s Office investigated. In a news release...

The National Street Rod Association has entered into an agreement with Justin Nichols-Nichols Paint & Fab of Watseka, Illinois to give away a completed street rod at the Fifty-Third Annual Street Rod Nationals in...