The death of a Kankakee County teenager in a 2016 crash finds a St. Anne woman re-sentenced to 5 and a-half years in prison. 39-year-old Carmella Larson was orginally sentenced to six years for the crash that killed...
75-year-old Don Smith of Rudge Farm is jailed on a charge of first-degree murder. He was arrested Monday without incident after calling 9-1-1 to report that he had just killed his wife. Vermilion County Sheriff's...
A Vermilion County man is getting federal prison time for counterfeiting. Jacob Kirkley of Potomac was sentenced to 27-months in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to manufacturing U.S. currency and passing it at two...
Five central-Illinois counties are sharing grand monies to improve technology and resources available for litigants who represent themselves in court. The 11th Judicial Circuit finds Ford and Livingston counties among the...
That warmer, humid weather takes a break for a few days. Sunshine and isolated showers today (Thursday), high at 82. Sunny Friday and Saturday with highs near 80 - 83. That 90-degree weather will be back the...
15-year-old Maurice M. Wilson of Kankakee was the victim of a downtown shooting early Saturday. The boy was shot and killed in the 100-block of W. Court Street. A city police news release stated officers responded to shots fired...
Improvements to Watseka’s downtown business district are on the drawing table. An Adhoc Committee met last week asking for suggestions. Mayor John Allhands says a series of follow-up meetings will be scheduled over the upcoming...
Army Spc. Grant Yohnka of Chebanse and fallen Army soldier Jeremy Sherman of Watseka are among the U.S. military heroes honored last week during the 13th annual Tribute to Fallen Soldiers Memorial Torch Motorcycle...
An 18-year-old 4-Her from the Danforth club earned the Master Showman award (Friday) at the Iroquois County Fair. Celeste Cummings captured the top honor among eight 4-H candidates showing the respective projects in the...
There were 24 young people participating in the Talent Show at the Iroquois County afir last week. First place winners in each division advance to the state convention next January.
The Junior Division Winners 1st...