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KANKAKEE, IL – During a hearing to address the mismanagement of taxpayer money, state Representative Kate Cloonen demanded answers and solutions from the state agency tasked with tracking state property. The hearing was initiated...

. (Feb. 21, 2014) – Ameren Illinois crews have safely restored power to more than 54,000 customers and will continue to work throughout the day after Thursday's storms and high winds caused outages across the company's service...

Watseka knows all too well what flooding is all about. And right now, local officials are in stand-by mode but ready to respond just in case. Several Iroquois County roads, county and township routes, in the southern parts were...

Indiana transportation officials report more than a dozen roads in west-central parts of the state were closed because of flooding. In Benton County, there's about two feet of standing water closing 1200 East. Stiff winds aren't...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Legislation sponsored by Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) that makes it clear sex offenders must report to law enforcement when they lose a job, has advanced in the Illinois Senate. "Although state law...

The Illinois Department of Transportation reported a 20-car pileup on I-57 Thursday evening that shut down traffic in the northbound lanes. The accident happened near Peotone around 5 p.m. A State police spokesperson said there...

A word of caution for area motorists: flooded roadways are posing treacherous driving conditions in east-central Illinois and parts of Indiana. Illinois State Police District 21 at Ashkum and District 10 (Pesotum) are urging...

The pilot of s small plane escaped injury Wednesday when an emergency landing took place in a farm field near Bourbonnais. The plane went down at 4150 West Avenue, according to the Kankakee County Sheriff's Department. The plane...

A Hoopeston man facing a new trial on murder charges has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated battery. Steven Miller was facing a new trial, but instead pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the September...