Local farmer Melvin Coulter has directed a $2,500 donation to the Loda Fire Protection District. Funded by America's Farmers Grow Communities, the donation will help the department purchase extrication equipment, specifically air...
Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson reports remains found at the scene of a house fire near Homer last Friday night are not human. That was the ruling from an anthropologist It was originally feared by authorities that a fire...
ASHKUM – Following a joint investigation by Illinois State Police, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Kankakee Police, Kankakee County Sheriff's Police and the Kankakee County Coroner's Office, a Kankakee man has been...
"60-Day Hunger Drive" aims to raise $100,000 to alleviate hunger in Illinois and western Indiana
Champaign, Ill. – Birkey's Farm Store, Inc., a full-line Case IH dealer with 13 locations in central Illinois and Indiana, is...
A barn fire in rural Kankakee County this (Tues) morning alerted fire personnel. Further details are un-available. An emergency dispatch came in just after 10 am in Limestone Township.
Chebanse Township Fire answered a mutual...
Several area fire departments were called to a structure fire in Pembroke Township. Mutual aid was called about 10:50 am to 7500 S and 16524 E in eastern Kankakee County.
Beaverville, Papineau, St. Anne, Momence, Aroma Park are...
Some of the estimated 180 stranded motorists who were sheltered in Ashkum overnight were cut loose this (Monday) morning, sent on their way after being pulled off I-57 Sunday due to extreme weather conditions.
Ashkum Fire Chief...
District 21 experienced blizzard conditions in Kankakee and Iroquois County throughout the night. I-57 is currently snow covered and hazardous. U.S. and State Roadways are snow covered with sections that are not passable...
Ashkum and Chebanse Township firemen staffed warming centers in Iroquois County overnight. The Ashkum Colliseum and the Community Center in Clifton provided some relief for stranded motorists pulled off I-57. Illinois State...
Local community leaders are encouraged to open governmental buildings to accommodate the public who may need relief from the cold temperatures.
Libraries, park districts, and school buildings may also be available to escape from...
