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In Kankakee County Board District 2, challenger Colton Ekhoff unseated veteran board member Jim Vickery of Momence. Unofficial results posted on the county clerk's website, Ekhoff collected 299 votes compared to 115 for Vickery...

Incumbent Tony Childress has won the Republican nomination for Livingston County sheriff. He defeated former Fairbury Police Chief Jack Wiser. The Livingston County records show Childress received 3,075 votes, while Wiser...

Unofficial numbers show Paxton resident Krisha Shoemaker is the winner of the Ford County Treasurer’s contest in Tuesday’s election. Shoemaker defeated Kasi Schwarz of Roberts for the Republican nomination. The county’s 22...

           New faces, 2 incumbents lose board seats Seven new names will represent the Iroquois County Board, while two incumbents were defeated in the Illinois Primary Election...

Ford County Sheriff Mark Doran is warning motorists that his deputies will be on the lookout for speed violators and distracted drivers. The sheriff says area roadways have become dangerous and he's very concerned about the...

Polls are open around the state for Illinois’ primary election. Voting is available until 7 pm. Local election returns air, with summary reports, tonight beginning at 8 pm on 94.1 WGFA. Winners in this primary will shape the...

Ottawa, IL – Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)announced funds that would be released to the Village of DePue and to the City of Peru to implement long-term hazard...

A team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency is joining state and county officials this week to assess recent flood damage in Iroquois, Kankakee and Vermilion counties. Officials will gather at a flood site in Watseka...

A two-vehicloe crash Saturday in Ford County left a Champaign woman dead.  33-year-old Christina Curtsinger was pronounced ead at the scene.  Her eastbound car crossed the centerline of Route 9 at County Road...

Late afternoon on Thursday, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office received notification from the Hobart Police Department that 38-year-old April Lynn Salazar-Bernal was located by the Hobart Police Department deceased inside their...