A head-on collision (Thursday afternoon) on Danville’s Memorial Bridge killed one person and left two other people hurt. Danville Police report the crash occurred in the middle of the bridge on South Gilbert Street. It happened...
After a lot of talk about red ink, it’s all black again in Iroquois County as a new fiscal year approaches. The County Board has approved its new budget which begins December 1st and Board Chairman John Shure says everyone...
(St. Anne, IL) -- One person is in custody after a missing Mokena woman was found murdered in rural Kankakee County.
Kaitlyn Kearns' body was discovered yesterday morning in her Jeep Grand Cherokee in St. Anne. She had suffered...
Sheriff’s Police in Kankakee and Will Counties continue their investigation into the death of a young Mokena woman, reported missing, and found today (Thursday) in rural St. Anne.
24-year-old Kaitlyn Kearns was found in her Jeep...
The Annual Ford-Iroquois 4-H Foundation Auction is Sunday, November 19 at St. Paul’s Lutheran School at Woodworth. A recognition dinner is planned at 1:30 followed by the auction at 2 pm.
Proceeds support the 4-H programs in...
Kankakee Community College welcomes visitors today (Thursday) to the first job fair at the Harold & Jean Miner South Extension Center in Watseka. The event runs from 10 am until Noon.
More than 20 businesses and industries...
The public wants more teeth in the rules for wind-farms in Ford County. Monday night, the Ford County Board members heard from citizens who say there’s a need to increase the minimum distance that wind turbines can be located...
It’s yet to be a problem, but snow and ice will eventually fall. And being ready is the key.
We’ve reached the mid-point of November. This is Winter Preparedness Week. Now’s the time to prepare. according to Illinois State...
Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced today that it will build a full-range merchant bar quality (MBQ) mill at its existing bar steel mill located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The MBQ mill will have an annual capacity of 500,000...
The time is now to act on opioid crisis
By: Adam Kinzinger writes to the Rockford Register Star
The opioid crisis in our country isn’t new, but it’s becoming more and more real as the number of overdose deaths skyrocket coast to...
