The 95th annual Illinois FFA convention is underway at the Bank of Springfield Center in downtown Springfield. The three-day event each year recognizes achievements of members across the state, elects statewide organization...
A central Illinois hospital is closing its doors for good, due in part to a crippling cyberattack. St. Margaret’s Health, which operates facilities in Peru and Spring Valley, will shut down Friday. Hospital leadership said a 2021...
Iroquois Memorial Hospital is announcing the expansion of its IMH family practice medical group. A new clinic in downtown St. Anne opens its doors on July 18.
Hospital CEO Mike Tilstra says “being the largest rural healthcare...
The annual Father's Day community worship service in Crescent City will take place at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, June 18 at Heritage Park. The event is sponsored by St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Crescent City, the United Methodist...
A new study ranks an Illinois suburb as one of the most dangerous in the country. The personal finance website SmartAsset analyzed multiple safety-related metrics to determine the rankings. Granite City in the Metro East is the...
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced they found the remains of a central Illinois soldier who was 22-years-old when he was killed in World War II. Air Force Technical Sgt. Lawrence Reitz of Hoopeston was among those...
Amtrak travel between Chicago and St. Louis is about to get quicker thanks to a completed high-speed rail project that will allow trains to reach speeds of 110 mph. The higher speed trains begin service June 26 and will reduce...
There was a focus on traffic safety in Newton County, IN this week. The sheriff's department teamed with the State Police conducting a traffic blitz (Wednesday). Troopers directed attention to the the portable scales...
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Kankakee County man (Monday). 26-year-old Josh Larry of Bourbonnais faces several charges after refusing to cooperate with officers during a traffic stop. He was...
A 26-year-old Watseka man was sentenced (Wednesday) on two felony charges in Livingston County. Ryan Peters pled guilty to the felony charge of Unlawful Delivery of Cocaine and for Traveling to Meet a Minor, a class...
