Candidates for the Iroquois County Board in the March 18th Primary Election may have sent the strongest message to voters. They didn't offer a voice concerning issues at a candidates forum in Watseka Thursday night.
Just four of...
Police in Racine, Wisconsin took a Kankakee murder suspect into custody this week.
19-year-old Rachard (Ruh-Shard) Butler was jailed Thursday in Racine. He was waiting to be brought back to Kankakee to face murder charges for...
KANKAKEE, IL –In an effort to prevent harm to children and motorists, state Representative Kate Cloonen introduced a bill that would increase penalties on drunk drivers when children are passengers in the vehicle.
"We must...
Iroquois County Soil and Water Conservation district is taking orders for the Spring Fish Program. Delivery date is scheduled for Monday, March 31stth at the local Watseka office at 8 am SHARP!
Assorted varities include Channel...
Crews responded to a business fire Friday morning at Automotive International in Danville. No one was hurt, but the building was evacuated and a road closed while crews battled it. The fire was out in less than an hour.
The...
SPRINGFIELD, IL – A scathing report on the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has raised concerns that area school districts are paying a "corruption tax" that subsidizes waste, mismanagement and fraud and shortchanges schools in the...
PEORIA — Lt. Governor. Sheila Simon named Robin Rose, the chief operating officer of Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services, the 2014 Rural Illinois Champion. The honor came Wednesday (March 5) at the 25th annual Rural...
The Ford-Iroquois 4-H Foundation Action is set for Saturday in Woodworth. The dinner-auction is at St. Paul's Lutheran School. There's a 4 pm dinner followed by the "live" auction at 5 pm.
The event was postponed back on January...
Vermilion County farmers are joining in the celebration of Illinois agriculture by bagging groceries today. They're doing at local Vermilion County Market Stores.
Farm Bureau members are bagging groceries from 10 am until noon...
A botched drive-by shooting that took a life has landed a Kankakee man in prison for 76 years. DuShawn Johnson was sentenced Wednesday in Kankakee Circuit Court.
Judge Clark Erickson imposed the sentence for the shooting death...
