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Two people, including the homeowner, are facing arson charges for the Wednesday morning fire in Sheldon.  44-year-old Melissa Emery and a 17-year-old juvenile were arrested by Iroquois County Sheriff's Police for the fire...

Milford Fun Days....Bourbonnais’ Friendship Festival....and the Vermilion County Fair continue today (Sat) and Sunday. And ---the Ford County Fair at Melvin gets started Sunday. The Queen Pageant is Monday night at 7 pm at the...

A Chicago woman was jailed in Fowler, IN after a Indiana State Police confiscated about ½ a kilo of cocaine in a Benton County traffic stop. State police report a K-9 officer sniffed out the drugs during a routine traffic stop...

The interim-police chief label continues for Price Dumas in the city of Kankakee. Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong’s appointment to the post was denied by the city council last night. The council voted 10-4 against the mayor’s...

A Benton County teenager was recognized for his life-saving response to a young baseball player. 17-year-old Chandler Henry helping his uncle coach little league practice in Oxford May 23rd when 12-year-old Tristen Clements was...

Another round of construction is started in Tippecanoe County. Beginning Monday, work crews began patching and resurfacing on State Road 43. The work is just south of Interstate 65 to just north of State Road 225. State Road 43...

Miss Abby Foster is the new Miss Illinois. The product of Oakwood High School High School will now represent the state in the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. The honor for Miss Foster came Saturday night. She was crowned...

Two people were injured in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon in rural Champaign County. Illinois State Police report 86-year-old Helen Hamrick of Cissna Park was westbound on U.S. 136 just before 1:30 pm when she traveled into...

A semi driver suffered a broken arm when his truck overturned on Interstate 65 early Sunday morning. Indiana State Police report it happened just south of the Wolcott/Chalmers exit. The semi overturned in the median. The accident...

Eight young ladies will compete for the 2017 Miss Ford County Queen title on Monday, June 26th.  The pageant is at 7 pm in the dance building at the Melvin Fairgrounds. The county fair is set to begin on Sunday, June...