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State health officials are encouraging Illinoisans to shop around the state's new health insurance marketplace. Get Covered Illinois will have counselors on hand at some Health Departments Monday, the final day to enroll or...

                 Legal minds not good enough for County Board The Iroquois County Board Tuesday sent an earlier-agreed-on contract for dispatch...

A bailout plan for the Kankakee County Board was approved Tuesday after two local banks stepped up to assist the county's crippled budget. The Board approved borrowing $5-million to meet payroll demands into the new year. People...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is mourning the death of its sitting Comptroller. Judy Baar Topinka passed away early this morning, less than 24-hours after suffering a stroke. Topinka has served in public office for more than...

27-year-old Travien Moore of Kankakee faces 8-counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and attempted first-degree murder for a home invasion crime last month. Moore was indicted by the Kankakee County grand jury. He's also...

The death of a Pontiac patrolman and his canine partner by a drunk driver has landed a South Carolina man in prison for 12 years. Jason Collins was sentenced to 12 years Monday afternoon for the October 2013 death of Pontiac...

Kankakee City Police detectives were investigating a threatening text message Monday that led to high school students being abruptly evacuated from the school. A threat was sent to a student that was enough to have school...

A 32-year-old Momence man is in custody in Alabama facing a Class 4 felony charge of Child Abduction. The suspect is Dawayne Witham. He allegedly abducted 9-month-old Aubrey Witham from her Momence home Sunday. Momence Police...

                          Patrol officers, jail staff let go Last month's failed public safety...

                         Stops planned December 13-14th The annual Santa Claus Train schedule along the...