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A Fairbury man was sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after a guilty plea for two Class 2 felony charges stemming from a 2012 standoff with police at his rural Fairbury home. 56-year-old Arnold...

A Ford County jury took just a little over two-hours Thursday to convict a Gibson City man of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the death of another man he punched last year in Gibson City. The jury of seven men and...

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WATSEKA – Governor Pat Quinn today announced a capital investment of more than $347,000 to replace a bridge in Iroquois County, part of his Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. The project is part of Governor Quinn's...

A change in direction for township government in Iroquois County. Long-time Middleport Township Supervisor John Dowling of Watseka is retiring, effective March 31, 2014. Dowling, a retired educator for the Unit Nine school...

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                Manier's Community Was Devastated in November Following Deadly...

(West Lafayette, IN) -- Students are in shock over the death of a classmate at Purdue University. More than a thousand attended a vigil for Andrew Boldt last night in West Lafayette. The senior engineering student was shot to...

The proposed-renovation of the Kankakee County Courthouse has taken different directions over the last several months. And now, the Chief Judge has taken issue with the County Board Chairman. Judge Mike Kick claims in a letter...