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                                    Bourbonnais Fire Protection District honored "We're pleased to be notified again...

Two semi tractor-trailers crashed Thursday on Route 17 near Grant Park, killing one of the drivers. The accident happened at 12:40 pm at North Bull Creek Road (17170E Road). {Kankakee County has recorded two fatalities in as...

   Olivet surpasses 5,000 students for first time in 110-year history Olivet Nazarene University reports the highest enrollment in the University’s 110-year history as the 2017–2018 academic year gets underway. Of the...

Community spirit is energized in Milford and Watseka this weekend. High school activities are part of the two school district’s homecoming events. Traditional prep football games are included in the list of events in the...

Iroquois County’s Emergency Telephone System Board will need to step up its efforts in finding a new coordinator. Following the August retirement of former coordinator Nita Dubble, assistant coordinator Sandy Drake is stepping...

A Buckley woman who stole tens of thousands of dollars from the Champaign business where she worked is being called a "a thief, plain and simple." That’s the words of the judge who sentenced Kimberly Allen yesterday. In...

(Mattoon, IL) -- Parents of students at Mattoon High School can keep their kids home from school today. But Superintendent Larry Lilly is trying to tell them that the school is safe after yesterday's shooting. Lilly says a...

One person is dead after two semi tractor-trailers and a car collided this (Wed) afternoon on southbound I-57 in Kankakee County. A front-seat passenger in the car was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car was...

One person is in custody following a shooting at Mattoon High School this (Wednesday) morning. Police reports in Coles County say there was one shooter and one person was injured. The school remained closed this (Wed) afternoon...

Watseka residents are likely to see a 5% water rate increase. And it’s likely to happen by January 1, 2018. The City Council Finance committee (Tuesday) also talked about perhaps considering a cost-of-living hike rather than the...