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...
Candidates for the Iroquois County Board in the March 18th Primary Election may have sent the strongest message to voters. They didn't offer a voice concerning issues at a candidates forum in Watseka Thursday night.
Just four of...
Police in Racine, Wisconsin took a Kankakee murder suspect into custody this week.
19-year-old Rachard (Ruh-Shard) Butler was jailed Thursday in Racine. He was waiting to be brought back to Kankakee to face murder charges for...
KANKAKEE, IL –In an effort to prevent harm to children and motorists, state Representative Kate Cloonen introduced a bill that would increase penalties on drunk drivers when children are passengers in the vehicle.
"We must...
Iroquois County Soil and Water Conservation district is taking orders for the Spring Fish Program. Delivery date is scheduled for Monday, March 31stth at the local Watseka office at 8 am SHARP!
Assorted varities include Channel...
Crews responded to a business fire Friday morning at Automotive International in Danville. No one was hurt, but the building was evacuated and a road closed while crews battled it. The fire was out in less than an hour.
The...
SPRINGFIELD, IL – A scathing report on the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has raised concerns that area school districts are paying a "corruption tax" that subsidizes waste, mismanagement and fraud and shortchanges schools in the...
