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The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 21 - Ashkum A winter storm warning has been issued in the counties of Kankakee, Iroquois, and Ford. This warning became effective today...

GIBSON CITY – U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger believes Congress will soon reach an agreement on the Farm Bill. The Republican lawmaker said Friday farmers need not worry. He expects an approval vote within a week or two, adding...

A Hazel Crest (IL) truck driver was killed Saturday morning when his rig plunged from I-57. Illinois State Police reported the semi-trailer landed on top of the truck tractor. State Police reported 49-year-old Jeffery Foster was...

Illinois State Police were investigating a crash early Saturday on Interstate 74 that took a life. Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson reported the accident was under investigation. The victims' name was being withheld...

A Fairbury man was sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after a guilty plea for two Class 2 felony charges stemming from a 2012 standoff with police at his rural Fairbury home. 56-year-old Arnold...

A Ford County jury took just a little over two-hours Thursday to convict a Gibson City man of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the death of another man he punched last year in Gibson City. The jury of seven men and...

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WATSEKA – Governor Pat Quinn today announced a capital investment of more than $347,000 to replace a bridge in Iroquois County, part of his Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. The project is part of Governor Quinn's...

A change in direction for township government in Iroquois County. Long-time Middleport Township Supervisor John Dowling of Watseka is retiring, effective March 31, 2014. Dowling, a retired educator for the Unit Nine school...

.WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. .WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY. .WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED. .WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN...