A 64-year-old homeless man, who had a beef with his landlord, pleaded guilty to seeting a 2016 fire that led to the deaths of two young brothers. Alex Sawyer is facing between 20-30 yeras when he's sentenced June 25. Sawyer...
Local school officials are saying ‘thank you’ to local voters for their consideration about consolidation. Now—respective school boards have that task of finding new direction in dealing the many challenges school districts face...
Bill that would keep Illinois townships out of wind farm development heads to Pritzker’s desk
Illinois lawmakers have pushed through legislation that would keep townships from holding up wind farm construction in the midst of a...
Tuesday's election leaves the village board in Bourbonnais alone. The results find no change.
Incumbents Randy King, Jacl Litrell and Jeff Keast were the winners.
-- Kankakee changes faces --
The 4th Ward race in the city of...
The Progressive Citizens Party made a statement in Bradley (Tuesday). The Consolidated Election results had candidates making their presence known, defeating incumbents and taking control of the village board.
All four...
Twenty-six percent of Iroquois County voters turned at the polls Tuesday for the Consolidated Election. Ford County had but nine percent while Kankakee County shows a near 12% turnout.
City aldermen and village trustees were...
Watseka, Unit Nine, Crescent-Iroquois #249, Iroquois West and Cissna Park #6 offered voters contested races Tuesday.
Unit Nine voters selected board members Kirk McTaggart, Brittany Cluver, Sarah Combes and a write-in winner in...
Voters denied efforts in the Iroquois West school district to generate money for new buildings in Tuesday’s Consolidated Election. A $25-million referendum was soundly defeated by a near 80 -20 percent margin. (1226 No 343...
The Benton County Sheriff's Office in Indiana reports a missing 15-year-old girl from Benton County has been found safe.
Emily Schneider is accounted for, according to detectives in the sheriff’s department. No further details...
A simple traffic stop for speeding in Watseka Monday turned into quite an episode. A 22-year-old Sheldon man is now jailed for several offenses after refusing to cooperate with police.
Eugene Westbrook is jailed for...