A central Illinois dentist is reminding you to donate your leftover Halloween candy to Operation Gratitude. Prairie Dental Group Dentist Dr.Tanya DeSanto said let your kids enjoy some of it, but to save their teeth and treat the...
New unemployment figures show Kankakee and Vermilion County are experiencing some very low jobless rates.
Kankakee County is among most-improved, showing significant job gains too.
The September unemployment rate in Kankakee...
Pontiac Police Chief Jim Woolford and Livingston County Sheriff Tony Childress urge residents to be cognizant of the number of sex offenders in the county and be where they lived.
95 registered sex offenders live within...
More than half of the key recommendations in Illinois' new maternal mortality report suggest that state government do more.
The Illinois Department of Public Health released the report earlier this month.
IDPH director Nirav...
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Ashkum 5-7pm...
Thirty-six year-old Ron Campe Jr. faces an aggravated arson charge for Monday night's fire that did extensive damage to a restaurant and apartment building in Loda.
Bond was set at $100,000 for the Loda man, who police said, is...
Former Watseka fire chief Dave Mayotte was seated (Tuesday) as a 3rd Ward alderman. He fills a vacancy left by the resignation of former finance chairman Rick Elliott.
Elliott cited personal reasons for his resignation last...
It was a 5-0 vote (Tuesday night)...the Watseka City Council taking a stand saying it will not sell the city’s water and wastewater system.
At the same time, the Council accepted a proposal from the Robinson Engineering Company...
Extensive damage was done to a restaurant in Loda and apartments behind the restaurant. The cause is undetermined, but local officials say “it’s suspicious.”
The Loda Fire department is working with the Iroquois County Sheriff’s...
