Despite fewer cars on the roads because of pandemic restrictions, traffic crashes are becoming more deadly. The National Safety Council reports a 23.5 percent increase in the fatality rate in May compared to last year. That’s...
Hoopeston Police Chief James DeWitt is announcing the promotion of one of his patrolmen. Officer Ryan Garfield will move to full-time status, effective August 5. Garfield joined the Hoopeston department as a part-time officer in...
Still so many questions with few answers concerning high school sports. Decisions have to be made as school districts await a decision from the IHSA and government officials. The IHSA Board of Directors postponed Wednesday’s...
The Illinois Department of Human Services reported a new outbreak of coronavirus at the Shapiro Developmental Center in Kankakee. Nineteen residents along with at least 13 staff members were recently diagnosed. The facility is...
Governor JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois construction program includes a six-year, $21.3 billion IDOT construction plan announced Tuesday. It includes building or rebuilding more than 3300 miles of roads and 8 million square feet...
– A music teacher and girls basketball coach in the Ridgeview School District was arrested Tuesday and charged with several counts of criminal sexual assault. Police began investigating complaints of inappropriate text...
Weekend gunplay not only made news in Chicago and Indianapolis, but also in Peoria and Kankakee.
Reports of 71 people shot and at least a dozen dead in Chicago. City leaders again addressing the problem during an afternoon press...
35-year-old Heather Anderson of Watseka many have taken a liking to the Iroquois County Jail. She visited there three-times in a matter of hours between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. Watseka City Police arrested Anderson...
The annual Bourbonnais Friendship Festival is on this year’s cancellation list. The event was postponed in May with organizers hoping to hold it later. But now with the Coronavirus still making news, a decision was made to...
A handful of fire departments responded to a house fire in Paxton Friday. A one-story home in the 500-block of Fall Street was destroyed. A couple living there escaped uninjured. Officials said the fire appeared to have started...
