The son of former Governor George Ryan faces a November 7th sentencing date after being found guilty of drunken driving.
George "Homer" Ryan Jr. was found guilty Wednesday of DUI. He was arrested last November in Bradley when...
Weekend events in Kankakee County include the annual Pumpkin Festival at St. Anne and the Manteno Oktoberfest.
Manteno's four-day event runs today (Thurs) through the weekend.
St. Anne's Pumpkin Festival Friday through Sunday...
Local businesses and organizations are teaming up to help local heroes – firemen and other emergency responders.
The 'Hometown Hero' fundraiser on Saturday, October 5th is planned at McFerren Park in Hoopeston. The focus is to...
Emergency responders were called to Route 17, south of Momence where a two-vehicle collision forced the road to be closed this (Thurs) morning.
Initial reports had a car and a semi-trailer colliding on llinois Route 1/17) at...
The PBL school district is reporting no injuries this (Thurs) morning in a school bus – semi-trailer accident in Ford County.
Superintendent Cliff McClure reports there were four PBL students onboard the bus when it collided...
Livingston County State's attorney Seth Uphoff has released additional information concerning a shooting last month at a Pontiac motel.
A 27-year-old Pontiac man was charged Tuesday with killing his mother and brother Aug. 20 at...
The Ford County State's Attorney is offering accused murder Ryan Nibbe a chance to plead guilty to 2nd-degree murder for a beating death of another man outside a Gibson City apartment building.
State's Attorney Matt Fitton made...
Former Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department administrator Doug Corbett has signed off on an agreement, which authorizes a buyout of his contract.
Now, the health department board can begin its search for a new administrator. A...
A motorcycle crash in Newton County, Indiana killed a Wheatfield, Ind. 40-year-old Chad Scolley was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday. Scolley's wife, Teresa, a passenger on the cycle, was hospitalized in Kankakee.
The driver...
Momence police chief Tim Swanson resigned from his position Friday. He stepped aside from both his Momence police duties and as a member of the Kankakee County sheriff's department.
Swanson was the subject of a federal grand...
