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It's been a popular program at the Perry Farm in Bourbonnais. And organizers are hopeful the rainy forecast will let the event happen without problems. The National Night Out is Tuesday, August 6th beginning g at 4 pm. The...

Carle Foundation Hospital is celebrating its 25th year serving east-central Illinois as a Level I Trauma Center. Carle is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the immediate region and one of three downstate Illinois. Carle was...

Peotone Police are investigating a train – pedestrian collision that left a man dead. The unidentified man was killed Friday when struck by an Amtrak around 5:30 pm. The Will County Coroner's office reports a southbound Amtrak...

Vermilion County Sheriff's Police report three women were injured in a one-vehicle accident Friday. It was apparently an animal in the roadway that caused the driver to lose control. 21-year-old Ashley Taylor of Clinton, Iowa...

A 30-year-old Oswego woman died early Saturday when her car collided with a pickup truck on Illinois 47 in Livingston County. The accident happened a half-mile south of Saunemin. Livingston County Deputy Coroner Marie Margherio...

Pending Congressional approval, The Greater Kankakee Airport will see nearly $400,000 in improvements. The airport authority is waiting on Congressional approval of a $42 million appropriation to move two Illinois National Guard...

The 11th Annual Sugar Creek Opera Festival this weekend finds professional artists presenting "Cold Sassy Tree" at the Central High School Auditorium in Clifton. Saturday's performance is at 7:30 pm. Dr. Phil Hayes explains the...

The Vermilion Manor Nursing Home has a new owner today. And as Vermilion County officially gets out of the nursing home business nearly 40 employees of the nursing home at Tilton are losing their jobs. Vermilion County Board...

A Ford County judge rejected a request Thursday to reduce the $2 million bond previously set for Heather Lamie. She's charged with two counts of murder in the 2011 death of a foster child in her care. Four-year-old Kianna...

Grundy County Board chairman Ron Severson has decided to seek appointment to state Representative Pam Roth's 75th District seat in the Illinois House. Roth anounced this last month her resignation due to her husband's job...