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New unemployment figures released Thursday show the jobless rate in Iroquois County was up slightly from a month ago. Vermilion County rose slightly during October. Champaign County's unemployment rate was also a bit...

Two attorneys will face off for a judicial bench seat in Ford County in the march 18th primary election. A vacancy was created with the announced resignation of Circuit Judge Stephen Pacey. Attorney Ellen Lee of Paxton and Ross...

In Iroquois Circuit Court (Monday 12/2), Judge James Kinzer handed a former Cissna Park bookkeeper a two-year prison term. Rhonda Sue Siebert pleaded to a Class 3 felony charge of theft. She was ordered to report to the county...

Ford County Circuit Judge Stephen Pacey will retire effective Dec. 31, 2013. Judge Pacey was appointed to the 11th circuit bench as a circuit judge in 1996. He was then elected to the position two years later and retained in...

The Race for Sheriff in Ford County is the only current contested race for 2014. Two-term incumbent Sheriff Mark Doran of Gibson City is challenged by two Republicans. Paxton Police Chief Bob Bane of Paxton and Dennis Higgins of...

A four person Republican primary has taken shape in the sheriff's race in Livingston County. The resignation of former sheriff Marty Meredith put the wheels in motion for what could be one of central-Illinois' most interesting...

The county offices of County Clerk, Treasurer, and Sheriff are unopposed for the March primary. Lisa Fancher of Gilman filed for re-election for County Clerk. Mindy Kuntz Hagan of rural Sheldon looks tor re-election for...

The 2014 Iroquois County primary election will offer voters contested-races in three of the four county board districts. But, despite grumblings about dissatisfaction, not a single Democrat filed to run. Six of the nine County...

An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday for a Ludlow man who died in a single-car crash late Sunday. James Cremeens, 58, was driving west on County Road 3300N in northeast Champaign County at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to reports...

Indiana State Police at Lowell report Sunday's holiday travel resulted in five crashes on a stretch of Interstate 65 between Crown Point and DeMotte. Police reported the crashes were all the result of motorists rear-ending other...