The City of Kankakee and Kankakee firefighters have agreed to a three-year contract. The city council gave unanimous approval Monday night.
The contract is retroactive to May 1 of last year (2015). Local 653 is represented by 46...
Two Pennsylvania women are jailed after a pot bust by Illinois State Police on I-80 in Grundy County.
Police report the two women were found with nearly 11 pounds of marijuana. Twenty-six year old Leesa Bonaminio and 27-year-old...
Residents in Gilman should know electric aggregation solicitors going door-to-door do not have any ties with the city.
Mayor Rick Theesfeld says he's received some reports that solicitors may be mis-leading some people about...
It's 'too soon to plant,' but not too soon to talk weather and drone-use in agriculture. That's the focus of a farm/business forum at Celebrations in Watseka Wednesday.
The pre-season ag program called "Too Soon to Plant" will...
A 25-year-old Danforth man was killed Saturday in a one-vehicle crash near Sheldon in Iroquois County.
Edward Black was driving a Jeep eastbound on U.S. Route 52. Illinois State Police reported Black went to pass another vehicle...
Illinois State Police investigated two East Central Illinois accidents Thursday which claimed two lives. One occurred in Champaign, the other in Douglas County.
Forty-five year old Jennifer Rothermel of Homer was killed when the...
Watseka Unit Nine School Superintendent Kenneth Lee tendered his resignation Friday.
The six-year school leader in Iroquois County has accepted a new superintendent's post in Grundy County. His new position begins July 1 in the...
A 6-0 vote by the Milford Area Public School (MAPS #124) District Board of Education Friday is moving the new school construction project forward.
In special session, the board accepted the latest bids for the project...
The Kankakee YMCA is hosting the Y Service Clubs International Mid-America Regional Leadership conference today (Saturday). Attendees will include about three-dozen people from YMCA groups across the Midwest.
The conference...
Indiana Beach marketing director Don Hurd says the plan is to put a 'new light, some sparkle' back in place at Monticello, Indiana's attraction.
California-based Apex Parks Group bought Indiana Beach last fall. Since then, the...
