RANKIN — The village will soon have two part-time police officers employed for the first time since April 2011.
The village board voted 5-1 (last Thursday) to authorize part-time Police Chief Robert Yates to hire a second...
HARRISTOWN — Authorities report a 41-year-old Hoopeston man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after his semitrailer crashed in downstate Harristown. The truck slammed into the back of an unoccupied vehicle...
The Illinois State Board of Education is announcing 37 school districts will share in nearly $43 million in federal "Race to the Top" school improvement grants.
The money will go toward improving achievement in science...
Pfc. Joseph Eveland of Mattoon, assigned to Company A, 634th Brigade Support Battalion in Mattoon, was pronounced dead Sunday (May 6) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon after an off-duty motorcycle accident.
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It all started in 1946. And it’s ending here in 2012.
Kind of sad, yet everyone deserves retirement. And Pat Snyder says “now’s the time.”
Snyder’s Jewelry & Gift Shop, a staple in downtown Watseka is currently...
….Emergency Responders are Victims
Two professional emergency response people became are victims of severe weather in Iroquois County Sunday. No injuries have been reported, but structural damage was widespread...
… Committee Proposal Continues Elected Officers Salary Freeze
A governmental push to inform citizens of what’s going on with their government finds Iroquois County trying to do just that.
County business...
Kankakee Police report rival gangs gunfire continued an "ongoing feud" Thursday afternoon.
An exchange of gunfire on Kankakee's east side triggered another investigation. Police...
Entertainer to have heart surgery race weekend
- Actor and entertainer Jim Nabors will not be attending the Indy 500 this year but don't worry, he'll still be singing "Back Home Again in Indiana."
A film crew will be...
KEMPTON — Authorities continue to investigate the cause of a fire last Saturday that claimed the life of a 50-year-old Kempton man.
The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office, the Ford County Sheriff’s Office and the State Fire...
