Several emergency agencies surrounded a Paxton house late Thursday afternoon, as a man in the house was reportedly armed with a gun and suicidal.
Paxton Police, Ford County Sheriff's Police and Gibson Area Ambulance personal...
A middle school building in the GCMS district was evacuated Thursday after a threatening message was found written on a bathroom wall.
The message, written in pencil, was reported to the principal's office at about 10:20 am...
Fire officials are urging safety while pushing fire prevention education during National Fire Prevention Week. Several area fire departments are taking time to stress education. School children are visiting fire...
A Lowell man died Wednesday in a single-vehicle rollover crash in St. John.
18-year-old Neko Romano was ejected from a pickup truck in the crash about 7 am on U.S. 231. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Lake...
The petition filing period is underway for the March 2016 Primary Election in Illinois. And 10 county board seats are up for election in Iroquois County.
Candidates for the county board and precinct committeeman and other...
Supervised release for former Kankakee County Board member and Pembroke Township Supervisor Larry Dean Gibbs was revoked at a hearing on Friday (Oct. 2, 2015), before Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid in Peoria. The...
A 2013 lawsuit between Sheldon Township and the Settlers Trail Wind Farm in Iroquois County has been settled out of court. Both parties have stated 'they're satisfied' with the agreement.
The suit was asking for more than $1.8...
Milford School District #124 may be taking a closer look at its construction project. The $17.5 million budget for the building project may exceed projections. The board did not accept any construction bids...
The true findings of a forensic audit of computers in the former Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department are very likely to become open for public review, despite preliminary findings only referring to code numbers as to which...
A two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on 9000N Road west of Manteno critically injured three people.
A semi carrying supplies for a pipeline project collided with an SUV at 5000W Road around 2 pm.
All three people were in...
