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Here’s a phone scam story turned good…An elderly Wilmington man has finally received restitution from a scam in 2017. The man received a phone call in March of 2017 telling him that his grandson was jailed in California and...

More than $13 million over the past five years has been swept from Illinois State Police funds meant to administer the state’s Firearm Owners Identification laws, something a gun-rights group says is unacceptable. The Illinois...

The NWS is advising motorists to be aware of changing road conditions.  Light snow is making sections of I-57 and other routes a bit slick.  Illinois State Police are investigating a few accidents along the...

Don’t plan to place a legitimate bet on the Super Bowl in Illinois. The state’s sports betting industry isn’t expected to be up and running by then. The law was enacted this summer and proponents had hoped to have it going for...

Illinois state regulators are now accepting applications for new adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 2. Applications must be delivered in person to the Department of Financial and...

The Iroquois Board also passed its new tax levy for the upcoming year – at $5.6 million dollars. The levy would bring in about $100,000 more than the current levy. 94.1 WGFA
It was a unanimous vote. The Iroquois County Board (Tuesday) voted against any recreational marijuana sales in the un-incorporated areas. A motion was passed to prohibit establishing any sales or for the manufacture of such...

The Veterans Assistance Commission stands to benefit from the increased levy approved today (Tuesday) by the Kankakee County Board. The VAC gets a 14% increase over last year’s levy. Board Chairman Andy Wheeler says the increase...

The Illinois Republican party announced its 2020 state convention will be held in Peoria. The June event at the Peoria Civic Center will be where the party will conduct official business, including ratification of the party’s...

Nearly every other Illinois lawmaker in the General Assembly may be unopposed in the 2020 election. That’s higher than the national average of just under one-third. Of 118 Illinois House seats up for grabs, 54 will be the only...