A defense expert will render ballistics testing on a bullet fragment in the Andrew Condon murder case in Iroquois County. That test may lead to a trial date for Condon, who's jailed and charged with murder for last year's...
MELVIN — This year's Ford County Fair, running June 23-29 at the fairgrounds in Melvin, may look different than in the past. The fair has added numerous new events to its schedule, while keeping some old favorites, as well.
"We...
SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) criticized Democrat leaders in Springfield following a special session Wednesday for continuing to delay action on meaningful public pension reform.
Members of the House...
HOOPESTON — Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett asked the Illinois attorney general's office on Wednesday to seek an immediate court order halting operations at J&R Used Tire Service, 103 E. Maple...
The Ford County Board is in no hurry to act on the removal of Doug Corbett as director of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department.
A contract states Corbett is under contract and can only be removed if a disability prevents...
HOOPESTON —Teams of firefighters from Vermilion and Iroquois counties, and still more from Indiana continued to battle a blaze which broke out in a huge tire recycling facility early Wednesday morning.
Some officials fear the...
Firefighters in Central Illinois battled a blaze at a tire-recycling facility that officials fear could go on for days.
Firefighters were called to J&R Used Tire Service in Hoopeston early Wednesday. There they found part of...
Firefighters from at least a half-dozen departments are on the scene of a major blaze in Hoopeston this morning (Wed., June 19th). The fire is located at J & R Used Tire Service, located at Illinois route 9 and Market Streets...
Damage estimates were being compiled today (Wed) following an overnight fire in Limestone Township. No injury was reported.
A house and garage sustained damage on Limestone School Road. An attached garage was totaled and there's...
PEOTONE — The Illinois Department of Transportation Tuesday unveiled a slightly revised Illiana Expressway plan and formally proposed that it be a tollway. IDOT made a few changes to the 47-mile route that will stretch from...
