Weather postponed some area trick-or-treat plans Thursday. The communities cancelling have rescheduled their events today and some Saturday. Watseka youngsters will go door-to-door from 4-7 pm, Hoopeston has set its hours...
The Diocese of Joliet is being sued over allegations that a priest sexually assaulted a man who has a disability while visiting a Kankakee development center. Reverend Richard Jacklin was charged in 2017 after a nurse reported...
Indiana State Police report a woman was found dead with a snake wrapped around her neck. Police said the woman was in a building described as a “reptile home.”
This story comes from Benton County. Sheriff Don Munson found...
An Iroquois County associate judge has announced he is going to be running to fill a vacancy that will come up next year for Iroquois County resident circuit judge.
“I want to take this opportunity to formally announce my...
The 2019 Illinois Report Card is out, showing area county schools listed in the ‘Commendable’ category. School leaders tout the positive numbers, but also add, there’s always room for improvement.
Illinois’ educational...
It was a first at Kankakee Community College Wednesday. An inauguration ceremony on the riverfront campus recognized the 7th president of the community-college. Dr. Michael Boyd was officially recognized. He began his new role at...
Riverside Healthcare officials (Tuesday) unveiled the latest in interventional suites now offered on the Kankakee campus. The suites are first of their kind in Illinois. Riverside CEO Phil Kambic said the construction has been...
The Illinois man suspected of robbing several banks, including the Farmers State Bank in Watseka, has been officially charged with multiple accounts of robbery and theft. 41-year-old Joseph Kruger (of Tilton, IL) faces 4-counts...
An area congressman offered thanks to U.S. Armed Forces after it was reported over the weekend that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed when he detonated a suicide vest during a military raid in Syria.
As ABC News has...
