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                                        Iroquois County “Cooling Centers”    > Trinity Church  --   Watseka Ist United Methodist Church  --  Watseka Heritage Woods  --   Watseka Community Center  -- ...

Heat Advisory Statement as of 10:55 AM July 03, 2012                ...Heat advisory remains in effect until 9 PM CDT /10 PM EDT/ Wednesday... * temperature...high temperatures today will climb into...

The husband of 21st Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott has died.  Roger Elliott died while on a hunting trip to Wyoming.  Elliott practiced law from his Momence firm in Kankakee County. He represented...

CHICAGO (AP) -- About 190,000 ComEd customers were still without power hours after thunderstorms with winds up to 90 mph roared through the Chicago area. ComEd spokeswoman Noelle Gaffney says about 20,000 of the original...

A Benton County, Indiana man was killed in a farm accident Wednesday. It happened near Goodland in Newton County. Investigators said 36-year-old Manuel Lino Mejia-Lamas died Wednesday evening at the Seven Hills Dairy Farm...

With the prospect of more hot weather for the next several days, Ameren Illinois is advising customers on how to stay safe and cool while better managing their electricity usage. Typically, residential customers use more...

The classics of the opera in Iroquois County is being celebrated this year.  Sugar Creek Symphony & Song, featuring Watseka native Helen Todd, is now 10-years-old. And the talents of Puchini will find the...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Temperatures in Illinois are forecast to top 100 degrees by Thursday, and authorities are urging the public to be cautious. The rest of the week is expected to bring temperatures in the lower and...

— Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is on a six-day, non-taxpayer funded economic development trip to South Korea. “On behalf of Illinois businesses, I look forward to strengthening existing relationships and building...

HOOPESTON — People in northern Vermilion County and southern Iroquois County who want to continue their education or training at Danville Area Community College won't have to commute to Danville to do that much...