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Kankakee Mayor Nina Epstein invites citizens to share in the Christmas during the holiday season. The city's annual tree lighting was held at the downtown railroad depot Thursday evening. The Kankakee Fire Department delivered...

Sheriff's Police in Benton County, Indiana report a Fowler man was found dead after a rollover crash Thursday. Sheriff Butch Pritchett said a local farmer found 22-year-old Dylan Treadway in a field at County Road 300 N. It's...

A slow-moving railroad maintenance vehicle collided with a car in Onarga Wednesday. Iroquois County Sheriff's Police investigated on West Seminary Avenue, near Oak Street. 84-year-old Delozez Martinez was approaching the...

Police in Hoopeston are encouraging residents to sign-up for an alert system allowing them to receive real time public safety messages. Police Chief Mark Drollinger says the department has partnered with Nixle to implement its...

                    DeWall trust paves the way toward future Gibson Area Hospital opened its new obstetrics unit, courtesy of an...

Trustees in Ashkum and Clifton approved new contracts with the Iroquois County 9-1-1 Board this week. The respective village boards signed their contracts with the Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) for emergency...

Illinois State Police were on the scene of a crash Wednesday that injured three teenagers. The accident was on Route 102 at Rivals Road. Initial reports indicated the 17-year-old driver of a car pulled into the path of a truck...

Officials in Herscher are looking for the cause of an overnight fire that hit the Pizza Stone business. Damage estimates were not immediately available. The Main Street business sustained quite a bit of damage. A...

Newly-elected state representative Tom Bennett plans to remain a member of the Parkland College Board of Trustees. Bennett is Chairman of the Parkland Board of Trustees. He said he plans to serve the board but will step aside as...

The holiday season brings warnings to consumers about fraudulent activity. Retailers and consumers have already been advised about phony money circulated locally. Fake one hundred dollar bills have been reported in Watseka and in...