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Justice Mary Kay O'Brien, a native of Reddick, is a new member of the Illinois Supreme Court. O'Brien won a close race Tuesday to gain a seat on the state's 7-member high court.  A 3rd District Appellate Court justice...

The Iroquois Paving Corporation continues road improvement work in Watseka.  Adams Street, from 2nd to 4th Street, is closed to traffic this week (thru Friday, November 18). In Bourbonnais, Larry Power Road (4000 N Road) is...

The first accumulating snow of the season is on tap for Illinois Tuesday. Snow showers will cover parts of the state late Monday with the main window of accumulating snow occurring Tuesday morning in the northern two-thirds of...

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that both directions of Interstate 57 through Kankakee will close overnight, weather permitting, from Tuesday, Nov. 15, through Friday, Nov. 18, to accommodate...

Area veterans are all invited to share in some special events for this 2022 Veterans Day holiday.  Breakfast and receptions are planned at several venues.  Government offices, schools will be closed for the holiday, but...

Kankakee Community College is commemorating Veterans Day with a reception and recognition ceremony today (Thursday).  A reception runs from 11:30 this morning until 1 pm in the KCC Cavalier Room.  Veterans will be...

Crescent-Iroquois Grade School District voters agreed to deactivate. Voters Tuesday approved a referendum that’ll open the for its junior-high students (6-7-8 graders) to choose where they want to attend school ….either at Cissna...

The Village of Woodland, in Iroquois County, is hopeful retail liquor sales will generate some new business opportunity. Mayor Rick Grosvenor (Grove-ner) says the town’s legal people will look into attracting business, which...

Two more municipal government contracts are in place for the Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department to provide police patrols. Buckley and Cissna Park are now getting police protection thru the sheriff’s department. Contracts were...

Although un-contested in Tuesday's General Election, four new names will join the Iroquois County Board.  The June Primary Election ushered in new people to represent the county citizens on the 20-person Board.  Three...