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The body of a man found burned to death in a pickup truck near Herscher last month has been identified. 17-year-old Cody Rattin of Herscher was identified by the Kankakee County Coroner’s office. DNA samples helped with the...

A 43-year-old Reddick woman will spend 27 years in prison for the shooting death of her former husband. Michelle Rockwood pleaded guilty to murder in Kankakee Circuit Court. Her plea was for the death of 49-year-old Theodore...

A 47-year-old Manteno man suffered fatal in juries in a three-vehicle accident in rural Manteno Monday. The victim is identified as Matthew Denham. He was pronounced dead at Riverside Medical Center, according to the Coroner’s...

Citizens working jury duty in Iroquois County need to report to the courthouse in Watseka by 9:30 Wednesday morning.  Jury phone lines are not working to provide instrations.  All three groups are to report by 9:30 am...

Kankakee County has a ballot loaded with contested issues, including local county seats, a state representative race and state's attorney contest. In Iroquois County, there's just a couple of contested matters.  The races...

Election Day has arrived.  Polls will be open until 7 pm.  Iroquois and area county results will be followed by 94.1 WGFA News beginning just after 7 pm.  A record number of people have already cast early-vote...

Iroquois County motorists traveling thru Watseka will have to deal with a detour beginning Monday.  The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced the Illinois Route 1 / TP & W Railroad crossing on Watseka's...

Two Watseka men face illegal drug charges after they were arrested by Watseka Police Wednesday.  Officers responded to a domestic problem in progress at a residence on W. Park Avenue.  Initial reports indicated a...

It was all about getting back to the basics, what got them to a Sectional final. That was the message from coach Krista Pufahl to her team after it dropped Game 2 to Reed Custer in Thursday’s Class 2A Sectional Championship at...

(Joliet, IL) -- A Will County man could be facing 55-years in prison after being convicted a second time of stabbing his former boss to death in 2007. Three years ago, an appellate court cited a judge's mistake and threw out the...