Police investigators are calling a rash of car thefts and vehicle burglaries 'crimes of opportunity.' And police advise the public to protect their property by making sure vehicles, garages, tool shed and homes are locked...
United Prairie LLC, a full-service agronomic retailer serving farmers in central Illinois, announced today it will acquire Northern Illinois Alliance, a retail agronomy joint venture between Illinois-based Elburn Cooperative and...
A Monday afternoon fire destroyed a trailer home on E. Washington Street in Morocco, Indiana. No injury was reported. The state Fire Marshall's Office is investigating the cause.
Newton County Sheriff's Department 9-1-1 dispatch...
It's been a longtime tradition in Hoopeston. Now, the Vermilion County community is reeling from a recent decision by the Miss America Organization. And – the reaction is both anger and frustration.
The Miss America Organization...
Sunday's high winds fueled flames that destroyed a house in Stockland.
The State Fire Marshall will continue an investigation into the cause, which may have been electrical, according to Stockland Fire Chief Dave Morgeson.
The...
A bridge replacement project gets started Tuesday in Kankakee County. Motorist may want to note that Illinois Route 102 will close Tuesday for replacing the bridge over Rock Creek, 6.5 miles northwest of Bourbonnais.
The $2.1...
The Newton County Coroner's Office and Sheriff's Department are investigating a fatal accident that killed a Goodland (IN) woman.
The victim was identified as 65-year-old Marcia Siegle ( Sea-gull). She suffered massive chest and...
Two men died while shoveling the wet, heavy snow that fell in the area this week.
The Lake County (IN) Coroner's office reported a 65-year-old man from Dyer (William Kwasniak) and a 60-year-old Cedar Lake man (Randy Roeda) both...
A 63-year-old Watseka man died Saturday after he was thrown from the motorcycle he was operating in Milford Township.
Alan 'Jeff' Anderson was pronounced dead at Carle Hospital in Urbana. He was transferred there from Iroquois...
