News
Stay up-to-date with all local and national news.
Two people who died (Wednesday) in a structure fire in Dwight are now identified as 46-year-old Guy Sassenger and 42-year-old Chad Weber. Both men were residents of the address at 110 Union Street. The State Fire Marshall spent...

                                  ...

An overnight crash west of Watseka killed a Crescent City man.  Iroquois County Sheriff's Police and the Coroner's Office investigated after a couple passing by discovered the crash about 2:30 am. A westbound pickup truck...

A new weather system moving in to the listening-area could bring several inches of wet, heavy snow. The National Weather Service says to expect quiet conditions with slightly milder temperatures today and Friday. The next...

Investigators in Grundy County think a fire in the kitchen spread and gutted a home in Dwight. Two people died in the fire just after midnight yesterday, while two other people were able to make it out alive. The home's owner...

The top two candidates for Illinois governor spent their primary election nights differently. Democrat J.B. Pritzker cruised to a win over a crowded field of other candidates. But Republican Bruce Rauner spent the night nursing...

Illinois will get its second African-American attorney general in state history this fall. State Senator Kwame Raoul and former Miss America Erika Harold will face off in November. Race will be perhaps one of the few things that...

Voters in Vermilion County voted down a proposal to raise the sales tax by one-percent on certain items. The County Clerk’s office reports Tuesday’s vote shows the proposal was defeated 5103 to 4464. Some Vermilion County school...

Three of the four Ford County men arrested last week for possession of a machine gun appeared Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Urbana to waive their right to a preliminary hearing. The men are all from the small community...

In Kankakee County Board District 2, challenger Colton Ekhoff unseated veteran board member Jim Vickery of Momence. Unofficial results posted on the county clerk's website, Ekhoff collected 299 votes compared to 115 for Vickery...