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A rare event in our skies, a lunar eclipse, and yes, experts tell us you'll be able to see it. You need to be up early Wednesday morning. The eclipse begins at 4:30 am and becomes a complete lunar eclipse around 5:30 am The...

                         'Jail incident' barred from trial A jail "incident" between murder suspect Andrew...

PONTIAC - A murder trial surrounding the 2011 death of a four year old Bloomington girl is in the jury's hands. Deliberations began Monday and resume today. 31 year old foster-mother Heather Lamie is charged with the child's...

The Champaign County Coroner's Office is confirming an inmate who tried to hang himself at the Ford County Jail has died. 52-year-old David A. Reeder of Gibson City died Friday at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. The results...

        Fowler Police working with Chicago investigators   It's a death investigation in Chicago that may be connected to a missing-person report in Fowler, Indiana. A man's body parts...

Absentee voting is available at the Iroquois and Kankakee County Clerk's Offices. Registered voters can vote in person at the offices in Watseka and Kankakee. The offices are open Monday thru Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm...

A 23-year-old Onarga man is dead after he was hit by a freight train early Sunday in Iroquois County. Juan Ochoa was pronounced dead at the scene, about a mile north of Danforth. Sheriff's Police and the Coroner's Office are...

Two more men have been arrested as part of a federal investigation on weapons and drug charges. Both suspects are in federal custody with the U.S. Marshals Service pending trial. The arrests are the result of a Kankakee Project...

Five medical marijuana application sites in the State Police District 21 territory are among the applications Illinois officials will review. Figures released Thursday by state officials shows competition among companies seeking...

Testimony resumed today in the Livingston County murder trial of Heather Lamie. The 31-year-old Kankakee woman is accused in the death of a four-year-old girl who was in her care in 2011. Testimony offered Thursday included...