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Police in Indiana used stop-sticks to bring a fleeing pickup to a stop Wednesday. A DeMotte man was arrested. 27-year-old Jason Van Buren faces charges. He was stopped on State Road 10 but then fled form the officer. Police...

A rural Melvin woman died from injuries received in a two-vehicle crash north of Melvin Wednesday. Ford County Coroner Doug Wallace said 58-year-old Kitty Mullins was pronounced dead at 10:45 am at Gibson Area Hospital in Gibson...

A farming accident Tuesday evening in Iroquois County killed a Gilman farmer. 47-year-old Vaughn Borchers died of injuries he received in the accident. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup reported the victim was pronounced...

A Fed-Ex truck driver was taken to Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka today after a crash on northbound I-57. Illinois State police investigated near Onarga just before 5 am. 56-year-old Paul Williams of Sugar Grove (IL) was...

Three Indiana people are under arrest facing drug charges. Jasper County, Indiana sheriff's police report six-pounds of marijuana was seized with a street value of about $9,000 dollars. Another $3,000 in cash was...

Emergency responders in the Braidwood area Tuesday night, searching for a man reported missing. That man turned up about four laters later, safe and sound. No officials word on what triggered the search. Fire personnel and rescue...

Emergency responders answered a call to a farming accident Tuesday evening. A Gilman-area famer died of injuries suffered in a combining accident. Official details are yet to be released by officials, so the victim's name is not...

Smoke inhalation sent a woman to the hospital Tuesday morning following a mobile home fire in Manteno. Manteno Fire Chief Scott O'Brien reported firefighters had the blaze out within minutes, but the trailer sustained heavy...

A poll of Iroquois County Board members Tuesday indicated it may be time to cut ties with Ford County and dissolve the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department. No decision was made. But it's clear the year-long attempt by some...

A weekend arrest finds a Hoopeston man charged with child pornography. 44-year-old James Lewis was arrested at his home. He's accused of inappropriate touching of a five-year-old girl. The girl's parents filed the complaint...