— Indiana Gov. Mike Pence today (Thursday) signed into law a religious objections bill that some convention organizers and business leaders have opposed amid concern it could allow discrimination against gay people.
Indiana is...
Parkland College in Champaign has announced the naming its campus theatre after east-central Illinois residents Harold and Jean Miner of rural Watseka.
Miner Charitable Foundation President Mike Miner recently provided a...
A 2013 murder case in Kankakee has ended with a 20-year sentence, cut in half, for 26-year-old Curtis J. Edwards. He agreed to a plea deal as his trial was to get underway.
Edwards was facing first-degree murder charges for what...
A 1999 gift from David Letterman to the city of Kankakee was returned to the TV talk show host. On CBS television Tuesday night, Letterman thanked the students at Kankakee High School for their effort in presenting a retirement...
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Bruce Rauner wants cities and villages to join his fight against organized labor.
In an email to mayors across the state, the head of the lobbying organization for municipalities said Rauner has asked for city...
Just like most other governmental bodies in Illinois, school districts are keeping a close eye on Governor Bruce Rauner's budget plan.
The Governor's call to tighten the purse strings has some anxious people still hoping the...
Newton County authorities are searching for who's responsible for setting a fire to an abandoned house in the area of Mt Zion/rural Washington Township.
Brook and Kentland fire departments responded to a structure fire just...
A couple of fires alerted Kankakee city firefighters Monday. A chimney fire on W. Hawkins Street did some smoke damage. On N. 6th Avenue, officials said smoking materials is believed to have cause a minor fire at a house. The...
Bradley Police are working a death investigation along with Illinois State Police crime scene technicians after an 18-year-old woman was found dead inside a home Monday.
The Kankakee County Coroner's Office has scheduled an...
The Danville school community and the city of Danville is mourning the death of former high school Principal Mark Neil. The retired administrator, who retired in 2013, passed away unexpectedly on Monday. He died from medical...
