The sounds of municipal bands, taps, and 21-gun salutes filled the air Monday. Several communities, civic organizations and veterans groups, respectively hosted services to remember and honor the war dead.
Patriotic...
Support for America's Armed Forces was being shown in Danville this weekend. Business citizens are displaying the message 'We Proudly Support Rotary Memorial Way' on their marquees.
On Friday nearly 2,000 small American Flags...
The arrest of 24-year-old Sentray Coney last Monday for firing gunshots in Kankakee has him now facing federal charges. Coney was arrested after he jumped from a van and tried to run from police.
Police reported Coney tried to...
Bradley, IlliDois - As the 2013-2014 school year winds down, Bradley Elementary
School District #61 says good-bye to several long-time employees.
Retiring at the end of the year are David Sproat who has been a 7'*' grade Social...
Springfield- State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) is joining with colleagues to present a plan to fully fund the state foundation level education grant.
"It's a 'back-to-the-basics' approach that addresses the single...
SPRINGFIELD - Most of the state's non-emergency road construction is being lifted this weekend. The idea is to help cut back on congestion as people hit the road for the holiday.
The roadwork will be suspended between 3:00 p.m...
The driver of a motorcycle was taken to a Lafayette area hospital after hitting a deer Wednesday evening.
The unidentified male driver was driving westbound on State Road 18 just outside of Brookston when he hit the deer around...
U-S District Judge Michael McCuskey handed a Paxton man a 30-year prison term Wednesday. 32-year-old Eddi "Migo" Ramirez was labeled a ringleader in drug-trafficking circles. Federal prosecutors said Ramirez master-minded a drug...
Reports of large hail and damaging winds swept across parts of Illiana Wednesday afternoon. East central Illinois and parts of west-central Indiana experienced the stormy weather. Rotation was reported in clouds and the NWS was...
AAA Travel projects 36.1 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 1.5 percent increase from the 35.5 million people who traveled last year. Kicking off the summer...
