FAIRBURY – A barn southwest of Fairbury was destroyed by fire on Thursday night.
Firefighters responded to the blaze, at the Derrick Steidinger farm, around 7:30 p.m. along Livingston County road 1925 East.
There were...
WALTONVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A southern Illinois farmer and rancher says his 300 acres of corn are a bust and he's eager to hear the governor's plan for dealing with drought.
Gov. Pat Quinn is set to visit 71-year-old James...
PONTIAC – Bond was set at $250,000 Monday for a Cullom man chargedwith predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
Livingston County prosecutors say 33-year-old Kevin Cripe committed a sex actwith someone under the age...
Welders may have triggered a fire Wednesday in rural Momence.
The Van Drunen Farms, along Route 114 in Kankakee County, was the scene where about a half-dozen fire departments fought the blaze.
Momence firefighters...
PENFIELD — Minneapolis-Moline and BF Avery farm equipment will reign at this year's Historic Farm Days, which runs through this weekend in Penfield. And don't be surprised to see a Doodlebug or two.
The annual Historic...
The Red Knights Motorcycle Club welcomes participants this Saturday in the 5th Annual “Ride 4 the Rescuers” fundraiser.
The Chapter 14 Red Knights (out of Kankakee County) invite motorcyclists AND OTHERS to gather in...
A 17 year old Danville youth was pronounced dead early Sunday morning after being found in a pool at an apartment complex in Danville. Jorge Delahoya was pronounced dead at 3:03 a.m. July 8 at the emergency room in Provena...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities say the number of heat-related deaths in the Chicago area has risen to 18, despite the cooler temperatures.
The Chicago Tribune reports the Cook County medical examiner's office determined...
Some relief has arrived breaking our heat wave, but the drought continues across our region. There were a few scattered showers across Illiana…Iroquois, Kankakee, Champaign and Vermilion counties recording some rain Sunday...
CRESCENT CITY -- Six cars on an eastbound Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad (T.P. & W) freight train derailed Saturday (7/7/12) along U-S. Route 24, east of Crescent City.
There was no injury. There was no hazardous...
