RANTOUL — Birkey's Farm Store has acquired an agricultural equipment dealership in north central Illinois, bringing the company's total number of stores to 12.
Birkey's, a Case IH dealer, signed an agreement with brothers...
CHICAGO — The unemployment rate across Illinois increased slightly in June, ending nine straight months of decreases.
In its monthly report on statewide unemployment Thursday, the state Department of Employment Security...
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan are going before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to contest his conviction on several corruption charges.
Ryan's lawyers will begin...
Slow Boys Tractor & Engine Club
CRESCENT CITY -- The mission is pretty simple: just let people know about the history that surrounds the Iroquois County Fair.
It’s actually the 4-H and...
The voters will decide whether the Bourbonnais Township Park District should buy the Hidden Cove Sports Complex.
A special meeting of the park district Monday revealed a referendum is in order for the November ballot. The...
A request for a business tax abatement is left in limbo after the Unit Nine school board took no action on the matter Monday night.
The issue died due to lack of a motion.
Business owner Roger Dittrich addressed the...
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for East Central Illinois and northwest Indiana today (Tuesday).
Ford and Iroquois Counties are under the advisory from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., while the rest of the...
One reason consumers will be seeing higher food prices because of the drought is that much of what farmers grow is to feed the animals.
“We thought we had a fifty percent corn crop. Today, when I came in here, we had a...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.– A Schnuck’s Grocery Store and over 15 Illinois food companies sampling on the north end of Springfield will serve as the back drop as Illinois Department of Agriculture Acting Director Robert Flider and...
…Ashkum, Pontiac Targeted to Close
SPRINGFIELD — The Quinn administration is moving forward with plans to consolidate state police dispatching offices.
And…Ashkum and Pontiac are among those in the plan to...
