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Watseka, IL – Officials at Iroquois Memorial Hospital have announced that temporary visitor restrictions have been imposed during the flu season. IMH joins several other hospitals in central Illinois and Indiana with the...

A Kankakee County man will serve a 23-year prison term for repeated crack cocaine trafficking. 42-year-old Edward Dorsey Sr. of St. Anne was sentenced Monday to federal prison. Dorsey was also ordered to remain on supervised...

Two semis were involved in a head-on collision Monday night, shutting down Illinois Route 1 near Grant Park. The closure lasted about four hours.Grant Park Fire was on the scene. No serious injury was reported. 94.1 WGFA
A Loda Village Board member has been placed on three months court supervision. 54-year-old John Zalaker pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct in Iroquois County Court. He was also fined 50 dollars and was ordered to pay 367...

A shooting in rural Sheldon Monday remains under investigation. An un-identified shooting victim was reported in stable condition at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka. No arrests have been made. Iroquois County Sheriff's...

'The Zone' is open for business in downtown Watseka. The 24-hour fitness center calls home in the former Napa Auto Parts building on Walnut Street. And the Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed owner Dan Gordon and staff with...

It looks like the flu bug is coming on pretty strong across Illinois this year. Stats from the state health department show more than 100 people have already been admitted into hospital intensive care units for treatment. No...

SPRINGFIELD — The Chicago-based John Howard Association says in a 40-page report Governor Pat Quinn's 2013 closure of Dwight Correctional Center did not improve conditions for the state's female prisoners. The watchdog group...

An autopsy was ordered to look into the weekend death of a Pontiac girl who died in a single-vehicle crash. The Livingston County Coroner's office and police continue to investigate the Friday death of 17-year-old Kimberly...

                    Excitement for new OB unit GIBSON CITY — Just opened on November 24th, a lot of smiles surfaced in a hurry in the...