DECATUR — Up until recent weeks, farmers across Illinois, including Lynn Rohrscheib of Fairmount, were optimistic about the possibility of a bountiful harvest.
For Rohrscheib and other growers this week at the Farm Progress Show...
Appalachian Railcar Services out of West Virginia, announced last week that they'll be building their newest facility in Benton County, Indiana.
The company is investing $1.4 million in leasing, constructing, and equipping the...
Illinois State Police will be joined by 400 local departments for extra traffic patrols over the holiday weekend.
The cops will be looking for drunk and distracted drivers, speeders, and seat belt violators. The enforcement...
In addition to the start of Illinois high school football this weekend, there's plenty of labor Day events in area communities.
There are boat races at the Kankakee River Regatta, Herscher has its annual Labor Day Celebration...
Members of the Eastern Illinois Mutual Aide Fire Association conducted a training session in Danforth (Wednesday), education themselves about how to deal with natural gas disasters.
The Danforth Fire Department hosted the...
While leaders in the Pembroke Township area gathered to talk about ways to bring some violence activity under control, yet another person shot.
Kankakee County Sheriff's Police report a man was shot in the back Wednesday...
Iroquois County Sheriff's police and the County Coroner's office are investigating a one-vehicle crash that killed one man Wednesday night.
The victim is identified as 33-year-old Justin Hawbaker of Watseka. He was a passenger...
It was the Honorable Judge Gordon Lustfeldt's 100th career jury trial, and Wednesday a jury in Watseka found 50-year-old Doug Depatis guilty of all charges in a local Meth Manufacturing case.
When sentenced in October (10/22)...
The Iroquois County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted 2-2 (Tuesday night), with three members absent, after hearing comments about proposed changes to the county's wind ordinance.
Proposed changes, reported on earlier, were...
Investigators believe a house fire in Loda was the result of an arsonist.
The State Fire Marshall is assisting Iroquois County Sheriff's Police in the investigation.
A single-story home at 409 E. Jefferson Street was being...
