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Two youngsters have been named winners in the annual Little Mister & Miss Snowflake Coloring Contest.  And the winners will ride with Santa Claus Friday in the Watseka Christmas Parade. Carmelita Hernandez and Tyler...

25-year-old Angela Julian of Milford was jailed in Iroquois County (Tuesday) after her arrest in a business parking lot. Watseka Police report Julian pushed a cart of products out of the local Wal-Mart. Police used video to...

A 2-year-old child was among three persons injured in a 2-vehicle collision (Tuesday) in Kankakee County. It was another wreck at Route 115 and LeHigh Road (7000W). Illinois State Police report 66-year-old James Earleywine of...

    Village officials in Donovan have lifted a boil order issued earlier for residents south of Second Street. 94.1 WGFA
Kankakee and Danville are listed as among the 15 worst cities for Black-Americans. Six Illinois cities are included on a USA Today ranking of the 15 worst Cities for black Americans. Chicago, Springfield, Decatur, and Peoria also...

State Representative Lindsay Parkhurst recently surveyed constituents to help her prepare for the legislative discussions about key issues of concern. Results of a recent 79th district-wide survey on key issues facing lawmakers...

Illinois’ firearm deer season started off with a bang. Just how much of a bang isn’t yet known. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said they’ll soon have official tallies of how many deer were harvested during the first...

A 29-year-old Kankakee man was arrested by KAMEG agents Friday when a warrant was issued at a Kankakee apartment.  Nickolas Skaggs was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of...

A Watseka man has died of injuries he sustained in a head-on collision last month, east of Sheldon on Route 24. The weekend death of Michael Strong marks the third victim of the October 17 crash. Strong died Saturday of...