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A 21-year-old Savoy man appeared in Iroquois County Court Thursday where his bond was set at $100,000. Trevaughn Brownlee is accused in the December 28th armed robbery at McDonald’s in Gilman. Brownlee is a suspect in the...

The Monee Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday night. Investigators are calling it a murder-suicide. Police responded to call of shots fired in a residential neighborhood near Will-Center Road...

Two former Iroquois County men are among three people arrested for the December 28th armed robbery of the McDonald’s in Gilman. The trio attempted to rob the Gilman business again Tuesday morning. All three also were identified...

The future of Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, IN is the topic of meetings today (Thurs) and Friday. The Board of Trustees will meet to discuss the school’s future. The school’s president said it needs $100 million to...

A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information about a suspicious fire that destroyed the grandstands at the Vermilion County Fairgrounds in Indiana. Officials report all that is left is a pile of rubble after the...

A Friday afternoon house fire destroyed a 2-story structure and left a family of four homeless. The state Fire Marshall is investigating what appeared to be “a basement dryer fire” in the 200-block of N. Fifth Street, just two...

Newest numbers from the Illinois Department of Employment Security show the jobless rates in all of the state’s metro areas fell again in December. Kankakee, Danville and Champaign-Urbana showed significant drops. The Kankakee...

Danville Area Community College’s Ag Club will be hosting its 29th Annual Farm Toy Show Sunday. The event is from 9 am ‘til 3 pm in the Mary Miller Gymnasium on campus at Danville Area Community College. The show consists of...

A veteran member of the Iroquois Memorial Hospital family is the new Chief Executive Officer.  Tim Smith was named to the position Thursday.  The IMH Board of Trustees states in a pree release, "The Board of Trustees...

Kirk Miller, Melvin was re-elected president of the Ford County Fair Board at their annual meeting January 14. Dallas Meyer, Thawville, and Corinne Brown, Paxton, were re-elected vice-president and secretary-treasurer...