Proposed changes to the Ford County’s ordinance regulating wind farms is the focus of a meeting this week in Paxton. Thursday’s meeting is at 7:30 pm at the county courthouse. The meeting could be moved to accommodate a larger...
Iroquois County Treasurer Mindy Kuntz Hagan reminds taxpayers the deadline to pay the second installment of real estate taxes without penalty is Wednesday, September 5, 2018.
After that date, 1 ½ percent interest on all property...
School is in session this week at Hoopeston, even though reports of strange phone calls and text messages.
Yesterday (Monday was a Labor Day holiday. But what appears to have been a computer hack to the school district’s website...
Thunderstorms and even a tornado rocked northeastern Illinois yesterday. Flood warnings and later a tornado warning were issued for Lake and Cook Counties as a tornado reportedly touched down in a state park near Rockford.
The...
If you’re a fan of holiday parades, there’s quite a choice for this Labor Day Weekend. Kankakee and Vermilion Counties have featured parades scheduled. There’s also the Earl Park Fall Festival Parade in Benton County...
Police in Illinois are currently conducting a massive anti-drunken driving effort. From now thru September 4th, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies will be hunting...
Labor Day weekend finds gas prices higher than what motorists were paying a year ago.
Triple A spokesperson Beth Mosher says ‘’Labor Day signals the end of the summer travel season and the beginning of an autumn trend that...
It’s months away from happening... but it’s helping Watseka McDonald’s owner Wayne Jarosh breathe a little easier these days.
Watseka’s ‘golden arches’ are going to have a new location. The McDonald’s franchise will set up shop...
It’s quite a tradition in the village of Herscher. The annual Labor Day celebration includes one of Illinois’ largest downstate holiday parades. And it’s happening again.
The 98th Herscher Labor Day Celebration runs this...
The Labor Day weekend signifies the end of the summer and one of the busiest driving periods of the year where millions of motorists are expected to hit the roadways nationwide.
Illinois State Police (ISP) District 21 Commander...
