“Celebrating 75 Years” is this year’s theme for the Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Banquet. The 2020 event is set for May 6 at the Watseka Elks Lodge. The event begins at 5:30 pm.
The chamber will present its 2020...
An extended spring break is in place for students at Danville Area Community College. In the effort to mitigate any threat of the coronavirus pandemic, the DACC spring break is extended from Monday, March 16 thru Friday...
Kankakee Community College is moving most face-to-face instruction online March 23rd. This comes after spring break was extended by one week. KCC Marketing and Public Relations Director Kari Nugent said "the action is...
Students in the St. Anne School system are being dismissed early today (Friday). A message from Superintendent Charle Stegall states, tzhere are NO reported cases of COVID-19 in Kankakee County are in the immediate area and...
Governor J.B. Pritzker Thursday ordered the cancellation of all public events with more than 1,000 people, including all major sporting events, through May 1 and urged organizers to call off private and public gatherings of...
There are now 32 cases of COVID-19 in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported seven more cases Thursday. Two are in Chicago, a woman in her 40s and a male youth. The others are in their 50s, 60s, and 70s in...
A Lafayette, IN pilot was taken to an Indianapolis hospital after crashing his plane near the Jasper County Airport Wednesday morning. Rensselaer Police and Fire responded to the crash around 7 am just outside Rensselaer. 911...
Watseka Police made two arrests this week following investigations. 33-year-old Ruben Irby of Watseka faces aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges and 3-counts of Predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Irby was arrested...
The expansion of the already-existing Kankakee River Conservancy District is being addressed at Town Hall meetings this week. Officials are trying to clear the air about any issues, questions people have about the matter...
Illinois has at least 19 cases of the coronavirus that originated from China, and two of the six cases announced Tuesday are in the Chicago suburbs. The rest of the cases, including some people who have recovered and been...
