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A domestic dispute in Vermilion County ended with one man being stabbed and two brothers arrested Sunday. Sheriff deputies responded to a fight in progress at a home along the Catlin-Homer Road. When officers arrived, they...

A resurfacing project on Route 9 and Route 45 in Paxton is underway today (Mon 6/9). Iroquois Paving Corp. of Watseka was the lowest bidder on the project. The price tag is $1.22 million. About 2.5 miles of the route is getting...

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Roads are closed or restricted to thru-traffic today around the Dresden nuclear power plant in Grundy County. The road restrictions began at 8 am today. The Dresden nuclear power plant in Morris is working with Exelon as they...

The Illinois Corn Growers Association is celebrating last week's passage of the federal Water Resources Development Act. The U.S. Senate is questioning the key appropriations is yet to come for long-overdue improvement of river...

By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD - Fifteen people are facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding the Medicaid home services program in Illinois by filling out bogus time sheets. Central District U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis...

45-year-old Renae Chronister of Morris is facing charges of theft and official misconduct. The former bookkeeper for Grundy County's health department is accused of stealing $44,000 in public funds and spending it on shopping...

The Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department is prepping to close its doors June 30th. Ford and Iroquois counties will be opening their new independent health departments July 1st. Dr. Kevin Brucker, Chairman of the FIPHD Board of...

Gov. Pat Quinn has announced Central Illinois will be getting about $3 million for construction projects. The money comes from the governor's $31 billion Illinois Jobs Now! construction program, the largest construction program in...

Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign legislation that requires teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other safety skills to Illinois high school students. The proposal also requires students to get trained on automated...