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As 2019 winds down, Watseka leaders are talking about expenses . And with budgetary meetings upcoming for the new fiscal year in May, timing calls for serious talks to find ways to control the bottom line. Mayor John Allhands...

Riverside officials are hopeful ground will be broken in the spring for a $24-million dollar expansion. A 75,000 square foot medical office building is planned in Bourbonnais. The Daily-Journal reports Riverside looks to...

It's a pending project officials at Kankakee Community College are moving forward on. The college library is beiung upgraded.  Work is set to go in January. KCC Marketing Director Kari Nugent says it's a long-time...

The Illinois High School Association is investigating allegations of racist taunts shouted during a high school basketball game over the weekend in suburban Elgin. Parents claim a black player on the girls' basketball team at...

ERH Enterprises issued a boil order in Watseka this (Wednesday) morning after a water main break was discovered along E. Walnuit Street.  The boil order is for Route 24 from Grant Street to Veterans Parkway until further...

A Gardner man was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash Tuesday morning on Route 113 in Kankakee County. 64-year-old Terry Rosenthal suffered fatal injuries when his vehicle collided with a Freightliner semi near 3900 Road...

Two Fowler, Indiana men are now formally charged with 3-counts of murder in the death of a man found dead in a burning Fowler home December 6.  42-year-old Duane Muse and 43-year-old Rhett Martin are accused in the killing...

Nearly 1,600 cemeteries across the United States participated in Wreaths Across America Saturday. Events were held in Cissna Park, Danville and at the Indiana Veterans Home. The annual program honors thosed who have served and...

Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center are implementing temporary visitor guidelines for all hospital patients. It’s due to an increasing risk of flu. For the safety of patients, visitors and staff...

Eight Illinois hospitals have been named among the best 120 in the nation for safety and quality, but some of Chicago’s most prestigious institutions didn’t make the list. The nonprofit Leapfrog Group lists the facilities.&nbsp...