The Kankakee County Emergency Management Agency is on standby status for potential Kankakee River flooding.
The action came when the National Weather Service at Chicago issued a flood warning for the river at Momence at 9:45 am...
A 33-year-old Hoopeston man is free on bond after appearing in Iroquois Circuit Court Friday. Jacob Pentecost turned himself in at the county jail. He was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear for burglary. No other details...
Danville's Harold "Sparky" Songer has died. A former Prisoner of War, who served in WWII, the Korean Conflict and Vietnam, Songer died Sunday at the VA Medical Center in Indianapolis.
Songer also helped lead efforts to build the...
25-year-old Zachary Robinson of Crescent City is free on bond facing a felony charge of theft. Robinson turned himself in at the Iroquois County Jail Friday. He was wanted on an Iroquois County warrant for theft over...
Officials said the first half of 2013 was the wettest on record in Illinois, but overall the year's precipitation was only a few inches above average.
State Climatologist Jim Angel said the statewide average precipitation last...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied a request for aid to local governments in Illinois after deadly tornadoes swept the state in November.
FEMA sent a letter on Thursday to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency...
Joliet, Illinois – During the recent period of cold temperatures, significant ice has developed along most of the Kankakee River from the Kankakee area downstream to the Des Plaines River southwest of Channahon. With ice...
Loda attorney Ross Sorensen has withdrawn as a candidate for the Ford County circuit judge's post in the March 18 Republican primary election.
Sorensen's decision results in a two-person race. Ford County State's Attorney Matt...
Bradley, Illinois - Prior to Thursday night's regular meeting of the Bradley Elementary School District #61 Board of Education, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to officially open the latest addition to Bradley East.
Principal...
