A section of Route 45 thru Ashkum is now officially recognized as the Dana Schoolman Memorial Highway. A dedicatiion event was held Saturday at the Ashkum Firehouse to memorialize the fireman/EMT who died in the line of duty in...
The unemployment rate in Kankakee fell in May. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports the number at 4.2 percent. That’s down from 4.7 percent in May of last year.
Iroquois County’s unemployment in May was at...
Aging buildings and continuous flooding issues has forced the Unit Nine school board to find solutions. A three-phase study is moving forward to seek a new building or remodel current structures. Board president James...
A Hoopeston man faces theft charges in connection with stolen playground equipment. 65-year-old Larry Lane allegedly took the playground equipment from a site where it was being stored awaiting set-up at McFerren Park.
Hoopeston...
A 67-year-old Paxton woman was found dead in her mobile home after firefighters responded to a fire Wednesday night. Ford County Coroner Rick Flessner identified Peggy S. Elkins. She was pronounced dead at the scene on W. Pine...
Iroquois
Cissna Park
7/10/2019: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., American Legion, 124 South Second Street
Gilman
7/11/2019: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., St. Paul Lutheran, 116 N. Thomas
Milford
7/16/2019: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., St. Pauls Lutheran School, 113 W...
A woman is dead after a house fire Wednesday night. It happened at a home near West Pine and North Maple Street sometime around 10 p.m.
The Ford County Coroner’s Office reports the woman was a hospice patient. She was alone. No...
32-year-old Roy Tykol of Watseka turned himself in at the Iroquois County Jail Wednesday. He was wanted on a warrant for theft.
32-year-old James Musselman of Watseka was arrested for burglary. Iroquois...
After a nearly 19 Hour Standoff, Suspect involved in Fatal Fulton County Deputy Shooting is now in ISP Custody
Tuesday, at approximately 1:58 p.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officers responded to a residence in...
Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy Troy Chisum suffered fatal gunshot wounds received after he responded to a battery and disturbance call in Avon, Illinois Tuesday. The 39-year-old Chisum was a four and a half year veteran of the...
