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A 34-year-old Springfield man died in a one-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in rural Ford County. Christopher Ford was eastbound on Illinois 9 near County Road 2500 E. Illinois State Police report Ford was east of Paxton when the...

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Caterpillar announced Friday the company will add about 160 jobs to its existing Pontiac plant. The jobs in Livingston County are the result of company-wide restructuring. The Peoria-based manufacturer also announced the loss of...

Officials at ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft Company in Danville is letting 48 employees go. The Danville Forging and Machining operations reports the downturn in the heavy equipment market has forced an adjustment in production...

Forty-nine year-old James J. Ward of Watseka is facing charges after KAMEG agents executed a search warrant at this rural home.  Ward is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will visit Iroquois County early next month to assist with damage assessments. FEMA reps will be in nearly two dozen counties affected by recent historic flooding. Governor Rauner...

The Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (VMEG) in cooperation with the Danville Police Department (Thursday) received information that the Citgo Gas Station at N. Bowman Avenue in Danville was selling synthetic...

There were no injuries reported early today (Friday) when fire ripped through a flower business in Vermilion County. Firefighters from a half-dozen departments battled the blaze at Cindy's Flower Patch on Kickapoo Park Road. The...

A 58-year-old Dwight woman died in a house fire Thursday morning. The cause of the fire that killed Patricia Bonora was under investigation. She was pronounced dead at 7:55 am at the scene, according to Livingston County Coroner...

State Rep. Kate Cloonen issued the following statement today in response to Governor Bruce Rauner's annual State of the State address on Wednesday: "The speech included visions of a brighter future, but since the governor's last...