Watseka Mayor John Allhands will look for new direction after a special city council meeting didn’t materialize (Saturday). The mayor said ‘we’ll have to see how the council wants to move forward.’
A special meeting was...
The Watseka Unit Nine school district will soon be involved in a search for a new superintendent. The board this week approved a change in administration, at the request of Superintendent James Bunting.
Bunting will return to a...
Residents of Will County and north are bracing for what could be one of the biggest snowstorm in the past three years. The Friday morning commute already has reports of 10 inches and more. I-DOT truck have been out overnight...
An Iroquois County woman and a Hoopeston man were killed in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday in Vermilion County.
Coroner’s offices in Champaign and Vermilion counties have released the names of the two victims who died in the...
The Eastern Illinois Foodbank is partnering with the John Cadle Foundation in hosting a free food give-away Saturday in Hoopeston. The food distribution is at the Civic Center at McFerren Park. It begins at 10 am.
All Vermilion...
More than five inches of snow has fallen in several area east-central Illinois counties since Sunday and more is on the way.
Just under six inches was recorded at WGFA/WIBK Radio in Watseka. Grundy County Emergency Management...
In Newton County Superior Court (Wednesday), a jury returned a guilty verdict for murder against Derrick Cardosi. He was on trial for the 2016 murders of three people at a Sumava Resort home.
Cardosi was on trial for the murders...
A head-on collision along Illinois Route 1 near Rossville Wednesday evening left both driver dead. The names of the victims haven’t been released pending notification of relatives.
Illinois State Police reported a pick-up truck...
A special meeting of the Watseka City Council is set for 9 am Saturday. The closed session, according to Mayor John Allhands, is to review all the options of the city’s water and sewer system and to get a perspective as “where...
Forecasters were calling for another round of snow overnight — setting up the potential for a second day of dangerous commutes across the Region on Wednesday.
Lake, Porter, Newton and Jasper counties were expected to receive 1...
