Following Governor Bruce Rauner’s budget address (Wed), reaction was spit along party lines. However, some Republicans also pointed to problems with the Governor’s proposal and how property taxes will be affected.
Democratic...
Dense Fog Advisory issued for this Valentine's Day evening, February 14. The advisoty is in place until 9 am Thursday.
...Dense Fog increasing in coverage this evening... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST...
Watseka aldermen Dennis Cahoe and Mark Garfield have an assignment to investigate options for the city to consider for operating the city's water and sewer systems. Mayor John Allhands wants numbers to review by the end of...
The lack of available cash-flow leaves the Kankakee County Board with little leeway except to borrow from its own budget.
Borrowing from its own funds has been a practice for years. It’s not looked upon as way to do business...
The Riverside Medical Center ‘Heart & Vascular Institute’ will benefit from this year’s Riverside Healthcare Foundation HEART BALL. The event is March 10 at the Tinley Park Convention Center.
It’s commonly referred to as the...
The Jasper/Newton and LaPorte County branches of ABATE Indiana are making arrangements for hundreds of bikers to ride from the LaPorte County Fairgrounds to Rensselaer’s Brookside Park on Memorial Day weekend this year.
The...
There will be silence and reflection at Northern Illinois University this week. Tomorrow marks the ten-year anniversary of the campus shooting that left five people dead and injured 17 others back in 2008. NIU says in the decade...
The National Council for Home Safety and Security announces their Safest College Campuses in America for 2018. The top five are:
1. Brigham Young University-Idaho (Rexburg, Idaho)
2. Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)
3...
February is American Heart Month. However, area hospitals insist a heart can be kept healthy year around.
Tonya Johnson-Wilcox, EMS Director at OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac, has some tips to keep...
Watseka Police were busy this past week citing motorists for parking in snow zones.
Police report up to a dozen vehicles were ticketed for leaving vehicles parked in a snow zone, prohibiting snow plows from clearing roads in a...
