Danville Area Community College is beginning its search for a new president. The Board of Trustees has scheduled a workshop for Saturday, January 23rd at 8:00 am to discuss presidential search firms. The Board will also hold a...
Vermilion County Fair Queen Abby Foster earned the title of Miss Illinois Fair Queen Sunday night. She was crowned at the Crown Plaza Convention Center in Springfield at the annual Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs...
The pursuit of Dr. Martin Luther King's dream was re-emphasized today (Monday) by the Rev. Ricky Dixon at Kankakee County's annual Celebration Service at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church...
"it's 53 years later and the...
A wind chill advisory remains in effect this (Monday) morning. The NWS issued the advisory for Sunday thru at least noon today. Iroquois and Ford counties are part of the advisory.
BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE PRODUCED BITTERLY...
A rollover crash in Newton County Saturday night injured the driver. Brook Fire Chief Kyle Conrad believes the crash was caused when the man had a medical emergency.
It happened just after 6 pm near the corner of Highway and...
A traffic crash in Kankakee County Thursday morning split a car in half, but the driver escaped with what police said were not life-threatening injuries. Boyd Roof of Clifton managed to escape more serious injuries, or even...
A disturbance at a Watseka residence Thursday led to the arrest of 25-year-old Johnny Tisley. The Bourbonnais man was arrested by Watseka officers on a McLean County warrant for burglary. Tisley was found to be wanted in Lee...
Twenty-year-old McKinze Fahey of Watseka was transferred to Carle Hospital in Urbana after a traffic crash in Iroquois County Thursday. Fahey was treated at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka, then transferred.
Sheriff's...
Two men are dead after an argument in Bridgeview (IL) and a police chase into Kankakee County Thursday. A 43-year-old man killed his ex-wife's husband, then took his own life after leading police on a chase down I-57.
Sergio...
Michigan-based Dawn Foods is cutting 40 percent of its 91-member workforce at its Manteno facility. Thirty-seven jobs will be eliminated from the Diversatech campus at the end of the month.
A news release issued this week...
