Repairs have been completed to a water main break on Route 24 in Watseka. Now, a boil order is in place until further notice for the entire community.
The main ruptured overnight (Tuesday) leaving the town with...
An 18-year-old Fowler teenager faces charges in the fatal shootingmof another teen in Hope, IN. Joseph Kidwell was arrested for reckless homicide for the shooting death of 18-year-old Jesse Bragg. Authorities said the...
A major water main break left the City of Watseka with little or no water pressure. Folks woke up this (Wed) morning with ‘very low pressure.” A 12-inch main burst just east of 5th Street, on Route 24. A lengthy spiral crack blew...
Give Local, Give Now ! The Executive Director of the United Way for Kankakee and Iroquois Counties is asking for support for this year’s Giving Tuesday event. Kerstin Rust says in a letter to the communities, there’s rising...
The Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the first America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alert broadcast in Illinois. The first AMBER Alert broadcast took place at 5:35pm on...
The Pontiac Correctional facility was on lock-down while officials investigate the assault of two security officers last week. Two employees at the Correctional Center were stabbed shortly before noon on Wednesday, November...
The weekend boil order in parts of Hoopeston over the weekend is now lifted. A water main break led to the boil order, listed as of this (Tuesday) morning.
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The Illinois Department of Transportation announced last week that both directions of Interstate 57 through Kankakee would close overnight, weather permitting, (Monday) and today (Tuesday) to accommodate construction of the north...
A water main break has led to another boul order in Hoopeston. City Water Department officials say the Greater Hoopeston area from W. Main to W. Thompson and N. 6th Avenue to N. Dixie Highway is under a Boil Order until...
Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 52,354 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois firearm deer season Nov. 18-20. That is compared to nearly 49,000 deer during the first firearm weekend in 2021. The top...
