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The program offered a different schedule this year, but the mission was the same – finding a cure for a dreaded disease. Iroquois County's Relay for Life found several individuals and teams rallying at Watseka High School Friday...

A huge fire consumed a semi-tractor trailer Friday evening, closing down Interstate 57 for about four hours. No injury was reported. But the blaze, involving a cargo of deep-fry corn oil, did just that ---fried the semi and...

Two teenagers are safe after fire destroyed the Brian Provo home in Watseka Monday. A box alarm alerted five fire departments about 12:30 pm to 322 W. Victory Avenue. "It was a single-family home. It started on a porch and...

State Senator Jason Barickman, Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, and State Representative Tom Bennett will among the notables on hand to help welcome the 'Wall that Heals' in Watseka this week. Barickman and Sanguinetti...

The Iroquois River and Sugar Creek are posing flooding concerns following Sunday's heavy rainfall in central-Illinois and Indiana. Local officials and the National Weather Service are monitoring rivers and streams, which may...

Severe weather raked across central-Illinois and parts of Indiana Sunday. The National Weather Service is reporting tornado damage, but flooding is the big concern on Monday morning. Flash flooding remains a possibility in most...

Get your kicks on Route 66: Downtown Bloomington Route 66 Cruise-in will be 3 to 9 pm (Saturday). It's on the downtown Bloomington square. More than 300 vintage, classic and muscle cars and street rods will be on display along...

We're just a week away from relay in Iroquois County. The 2015 Relay-for-Life of Iroquois County is Friday, June 12 at Watseka High Schools Blake Field. This year's goal is $126,000. And several teams are busy with their plan...

A federal grand jury has indicted a Bourbonnais man, 56-year-old Daniel Ballard on charges of bank fraud in an indictment returned yesterday. The U.S. Clerk of the Court will issue a summons to Ballard to appear for arraignment...

Two armed robberies in Kankakee Tuesday led to a police chase and two suspects were arrested in Bradley. A car crash in Bradley led to the arrest of two men who allegedly committed two armed robberies in Kankakee on Tuesday. A...