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KANKAKEE, Ill. – As a part of her continuing efforts to ensure that area children in need have a present to open this holiday season, state Representative Kate Cloonen teamed up with several area businesses, including the...

Vermilion County Sheriff's Police report two teenagers were injured (Thurs) when a car and farm equipment collided. It happened near Rossville. One of the teens had to be extricated from the wreckage after the vehicle struck a...

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...