The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is preparing for the sixth season of its Illinois State Fairgrounds Community Garden.
A meeting has been scheduled March 25 at 5:30 p.m. for new and returning gardeners. The meeting...
The public is invited to a free presentation on the roots of constitutionalism in the Middle East, to be held Wednesday, March 26 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Kankakee Community College Workforce Development Center Conference Hall...
The Kankakee City Council has approved a public safety fee to help avoid lay-offs due to the loss of a sales tax revenue program.
Final approval for the fee came after discussion by council-members. Those residents getting their...
Ten people were left homeless in Watseka this morning following a house fire on N. 4th Street. The early-morning fire heavily damaged a single-family home.
Several fire departments responded providing mutual aid to Watseka...
Danville Police report one man was killed and another hospitalized the result of a double shooting early Sunday.
The victim is identified as 25-year-old Demaree Tetter of Danville. Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson said...
A McLean County jury returned a verdict of reckless homicide Friday against the driver of a semitrailer truck that killed Hudson firefighter Chris Brown.
After a week-long trial, the jury deliberated eight hours on the charges...
A trial has been moved to June 23 for a former Cullom woman charged in the 2011 death of a foster child.
30-year-old Heather Lamie is charged with two counts of murder and one count of endangering the life or health of a child...
Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup reports a car crash last Thursday (Mar 6th) took the life of a teenager. 16-year-old Kenneth McNeil II died of injuries suffered in the single-vehicle crash. It happened west of Champaign...
A Vermilion County Circuit Court jury recently returned not guilty verdicts in a trial involving a 2011 shooting in Alvin. Forty-two year-old Jason Irwin was found innocent of attempted murder and home invasion.
According to...
