Kankakee County law enforcement officials were searching for a couple that fled from the scene of a routine traffic stop Saturday afternoon. In the process, the officer was dragged several feet before falling from the moving...
A Newton County, Indiana died Sunday after his motorcycle collided with a deer.
45-year-old Carl Rutledge was southbound on County Road 400 W when he hit a deer and was thrown from his motorcycle. Newton County Sheriff deputies...
VFW Post #7450 and American Legion Post # 23 will perform the flag raising ceremony this (Sat) morning to open the 36th Annual Harvest Daze in Watseka. The 9 am event is at the Old Courthouse.
Harvest Daze is the main attraction...
The Alexander Lumber Company has acquired Peoples Complete Building Center in Watseka. The acquisition, effective Thursday (Oct 1), finds Alexander Lumber expanding its 20 retail locations and manufacturing facility.
Peoples...
October is Liver Awareness Month
During Liver Awareness Month this October, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood and platelets to support liver transplant patients and others needing blood...
MABAS 37 IN Iroquois County...the firefighters Mutual Aid Box Alarm System...is asking farmers to be safe, alert and more-prepared as the Fall harvest continues.
Members of the Eastern Illinois Mutual Fire Aid Association advise...
Firefighters are feeling the burn of the state's budget impasse. A training program is temporarily suspended at the Illinois Fire Service Institute.
Officials say 100 training classes are postponed until a state budget is...
Kankakee school district #111 officials are considering closing the Aroma Park Elementary school and eliminating six teaching positions as a move to save the district $3.5 million dollars.
The board is expected to vote on cuts...
Lyle Price was a four-term mayor in the city of Gilman. But he wasn't just the city administrator. He was a friend to all and a devoted civic leader.
The community is mourning the death of Lyle Price. He died Saturday at...
The community of Lake Iroquois in southwestern Iroquois County is under a boil order until further notice.
Lake Iroquois' maintenance department reported Monday afternoon that the boil order is a result of a water main being...
