Watseka Area Chamber of Commerce would like to remind everyone about our new and improved Chamber Currency program for 2013. We have revamped the program so that instead of the consumer presenting the gift certificate version of...
24-year-old Brandon Stone of Kankakee was killed Saturday in a single-car wreck on the south edge of Kankakee.
County Coroner Bob Gessner said Stone's car flipped several times at South Tec Drive and Route 45/52.
Stone apparently...
Celebrating. Remembering. Fighting back. These were key components of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Iroquois County event on Friday-Saturday, June 14-15.
Celebrating took place through the more than 160 survivors...
Rantoul Police continue their investigation of the death of a pedestrian who died after he was truck by a car outside a Rantoul restaurant.
71-year-old Vernon Haskins of Onarga died Thursday morning. The police report stated...
Thunderstorms that punched through northern Illinois overnight Wednesday caused significant wind damage, mainly in rural areas west and south of Chicago.
Kankakee County was hard hit with at least three tornadoes confirmed by the...
A vote by the Ford County Board concerning the future of Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department. Administrator Doug Corbett could come next week.
Board Chairman Rick Bowen reports he may call a special meeting for next Thursday...
Iroquois County Judge Gordon Lustfeldt has denied a defense argument in the Andrew Condon murder case, claiming police information used to obtain a search warrant was based on false statements.
The judge denied what's legally...
National Weather Service crews may be headed to several communities in Illinois and Indiana to survey damage. Several reports of funnel clouds are yet to be determined whether it was a tornado or high winds that inflicted...
Wednesday night's stormy weather resulted in few, if any human injury, but one horse was killed when a barn collapsed in Manteno.
Firemen rescued a reported dozen horses from the barn south of Manteno.
The shell of the new Risen...
* Severe T-Storm Watch for Iroquois, Ford, Kankakee counties.
Tonight Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm. Some storms could be severe, with large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rain. Low around 62. Southwest wind 10 to...
