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SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL PROBABLE TUES AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON TUES & MOVE OVER THE REGION TUES NIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW FROM SO. TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TUES...

Illinois transportation officials issued advisories Sunday asking motorists to remain cautious on the state's roads. Lingering snow and ice on some of the state's roadways was still causing some accidents. IDOT reported...

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Several reports of coyotes being seen in residential neighborhoods has police and conservation officials to be aware. Coyotes typically avoid people but flocks of coyotes will prey on pets. And pet-owners are advised NOT to...

New unemployment rates show numbers on the rise in East Central Illinois. Iroquois, Ford and Kankakee county jobless were all up in December compared to November and a year earlier. Champaign County's unemployment rate was 8.2...

PEORIA - Two men formerly associated with Towanda Grain Company have been sentenced to six and ten years in prison. Federal prosecutors report Central Illinois farmer 46-year-old Robert James Printz of Fairbury, was handed a 10...

District 21 State Police reported traffic was altered this (Thur) morning when a semi overturned in Kankakee County at Route 45/52. Traffic between County Roads 5,000 and 6,000 was a bit snarled from the accident. 94.1 WGFA
Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson said (Thursday) that some remains found Thursday in the rubble of a house that was leveled by a fire were determined to be human. Now, an autopsy is planned Friday morning. Johnson reported...

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon) today voted in support of legislation to reauthorize and modernize federal farm and nutrition programs for five years. The legislation reduces fraud and abuse in the...

Healthgrades Hospital Quality Report Names Riverside a Recipient of the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ Posted: Monday, January 27, 2014 KANKAKEE, IL (January 27, 2014) – Healthgrades announced this week...