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57-year-old Samuel Vires III faces charges after his arrest by Hoopeston Police.  Officers were called to the Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center early Tuesday.  Vires allegedly threatened a public official.&nbsp...

A Kankakee man is charged with having child pornography. Illinois State Police report 35-year-old Joseph Lookingbill was arrested Tuesday following a brief investigation at his Schuyler Avenue home. A search warrant revealed that...

An autopsy completed in McLean County (Wednesday) confirms the man found dead in Gilman Tuesday was the victim of hypothermia. 62-year-old Bruce Martell of Beaverville was discovered unresponsive in a business parking lot, just...

Senator Chris Balkema (R- Channahon), is among the new members of the Illinois General Assembly.  He was sworn-in Wednesday to be the new voice of the 53rd District. The 104th General Assembly began its work as the Lame Duck...

Illinois State Police report the arrest of 35-year-old Joseph Lookingbill of Kankakee.  He faces 3-counts of possession of child pornography.  Agents arrested Lookingbill (Tuesday) at his Schuyler Avenue...

Boil order in effect on South Fourth Street in Watseka, from Fairman Avenue south, Belmont Avenue from Fairman south, and all of Western Avenue until further notice. 94.1 WGFA  
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that in line with the national trend, the state’s overall respiratory illness level has ticked up from moderate to high, driven by an expected early winter jump in hospital...

Iroquois County authorities are looking into the death of man found lying in a Gilman business parking lot (Tuesday) morning. An un-identified male subject, discovered in the lot off Route 24, is the subject of an...

A Bourbonnais man has been identified as the IDOT snowplow operator killed Monday in Iroquois County when his truck was hit by a train engine.  Two engines were northbound on the Canadian National Railroad when the snowplow...

Illinois’ overall respiratory illness level has jumped from “moderate” to “high,” according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). An IDPH dashboard tracks seasonal respiratory illness and indicates that over 21% of...