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LUDLOW — Work continues on a Champaign County zoning ordinance by the Zoning Board of Appeals that would regulate solar farms. A rural Ludlow Township site is one of two that a Washington, D.C-based company hopes to turn into a...

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels announced tuition will hold constant for the seventh year in a row at the West Lafayette campus. The university's current tuition freeze will continue through the 2019-20 academic...

CSL Behring continues to be a leader. The Bourbonnais Township company, along Route 50, is moving forward again --- announcing a 1.8 million square-foot expansion. It’s called “CSL South 2030”...the project is so huge, it’ll be...

Dwight junior-high science teacher Mary Schultz has been nominated by the staff at Heartland Community College's Challenger Learning Center for the June Scobee Rodgers Innovative Educator Award. She's one of 43 nominees from...

Kentland, Indiana police report they’ve discovered several credit card skimming devices at gas stations. Police are trying to determine if there’s any connection to the credit card skimmers discovered inside gas pumps at the...

It’s a brand new position in Kankakee County government. -- County Administrator. And the job is being filled by soon-to-be former Iroquois County Finance Director Anita Speckman. Just a day after resigning from her six-year job...

Retired Army Col. Jill Morgenthaler is today’s (Thurs ) keynote speaker at the Emergency Preparedness Planning session at the Quality Inn in Bradley. It’s a day-long training event sponsored by the Bourbonnais Township Park...

The growing interest in solar farms finds Kankakee County getting onboard. The County Board (Tuesday) gave the green light for up to nine locations where solar farms could locate. Each of the nine sites range from a dozen to 20...

Opera for the Young at Heart is a fundraiser this Sunday, April 15th. Sugar Creek Opera presents the exclusive performance from Opera for the Young Tour of (Rusalka) ROO-SAHL-KA --- a mermaid’s tale. Dale Hastings is a member of...

A fun, family event hosted by the Watseka Park District is this Sunday, April 15th. The Park District’s ‘Kids Carnival is at the Watseka High School from 1-3 pm. The venue is a change from the Glenn Raymond School, where the...