Illinois Governor. Bruce Rauner signed House Bill 1588 Wednesday, informally known as "Perry's Law." It makes it much more difficult to prey on the elderly.
The new law surfaces from a case in Iroquois County. And the name...
Seventeen-year-old Veronica Inglis was crowned Queen of the Gladiolus Festival in Momence last evening. Ten-year-old Alexis Lehning was cowned Princess to get the 2015 Glad Festival underway. The five-day celebration...
Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are likely to be conducting flood damage assessments in Watseka tomorrow (Thurs). Preliminary damage assessments will be compiled. It's another step toward the effort...
A crash between a car and a semi Tuesday afternoon left one person dead near Cullom. The victim hasn't yet been identified. Livingston County Coroner Mike Burke said an autopsy will be completed.
The victim was...
A man is dead following a standoff with police in Rantoul. A man believed to have robbed a local Hardee's restaurant barricaded himself inside a Days Inn Hotel early yesterday morning. Hours later, police say officers shot gas...
Autopsies are to be completed today (Wed) on the bodies of a man and woman found Tuesday morning in the small town of Hillery, west of Danville. Sheriff Pat Hartshorn said a 911 call alerted officials around 8 am. No identities...
Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti got her own first-hand look at some of Watseka's flood damage Tuesday. She also got a look at a detailed map, presented by Mayor Bob Harwood, showing the areas that sustained flooding the...
The death of two people whose bodies were found near a vacant home east of Hillery, in rural Danville, is under investigation.
Sheriff Pat Hartshorn said a 911 call came in around 8 am. A contractor came across two dead bodies...
The Lorenzo R. Smith Elementary School in Pembroke Township has received a $100,000 federal grant enabling the school to become the nation's first 'food hub' selling locally-grown food to distributors. The grant also provides the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is yet to determine which Illinois counties will be eligible for federal assistance when it comes to flood damage. Any statewide disaster declaration still needs to be made and damage...
