As FFA Week is recognized and Illinois schools promote their programs, many chapters might be wishing Governor Bruce Rauner had paid more attention to National FFA Week activities.
As area chapters are celebrating career...
- Illinois' Department of Agriculture is facing a lawsuit from a Chicago company that claims the state did not follow its own guidelines when it awarded the company's competitor a medical marijuana license.
The suit filed in...
Authorities in Rensselaer, IN sexual assault has been ruled out in a Rensselaer homicide case.
Rensselaer Police Department is working with the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and Indiana State Police. They're continuing the...
Indiana State Police at the Lafayette District reported a busy day Thursday, responding to more than 20 slide-offs and crashes on area interstates.
Two injuries resulted in those crashes.
One of the injuries occurred in White...
At least two customers of a Watseka bank have reported they were contacted by phone and threatened that they owe federal back-taxes. The caller tries to get victims to pay up or they'd be arrested within the hour.
Watseka Police...
IDOT Crews Prepared to Battle Winter Weather this Weekend
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced Friday that a winter storm is likely to produce measurable snowfall and freezing rain in parts of Illinois this...
63 year-old Carl Kieser was handed an eight year prison term for mail fraud, tax evasion, and illegal application of a pesticide inconsistent with its labeling.
In U.S. District Court Thursday, Chief Judge James E. Shadid...
Temperatures are still well below zero with wind chill factors on Friday. And now, the National Weather Service is calling for additional snow.
Central sections of Illinois, including Iroquois, Ford, Livingston and northern...
The shooting death of a 70-year-old man has landed a 16-year-old in prison for 27 years. Vinshawn Sherrod of Pembroke Township, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder. In exchange for the guilty plea, Judge Clark...
