The Black Friday shopping sales are attracting local/area customers today. Area stores report smooth transactions, so far, as shoppers hit the store-fronts on Thanksgiving and continue today and thru the weekend.
Bargain-buster...
An Iroquois County judge has declared a Milford man accused of throwing a tomahawk at an Iroquois County sheriff's deputy unfit to stand trial.
Judge James Kinzer ordered Kevin Funk be placed in the custody of the Illinois...
Bond is set at $1-million for 55-year-old Scott Penrod of Limestone. He’s charged with two-counts of murder in the shooting death of his wife in their rural Limestone home last week.
The body of 71-year-old Sandra Penrod was...
The Lake Iroquois Association, a homeowners group at the rural lake northeast of Loda in Iroquois County, has been approved for a $425,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The homeowners group, on a lake in southern...
Thirty entries have been confirmed with additional entries still coming in for Sunday’s Christmas Parade in Milford. The parade steps off at 6 pm.
The Reverend Neil Larimore, long-time pastor of the Milford Christian Church will...
Low prices for gasoline are expected to spur more people to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday period. Prices vary, but Momence is leading the charge in offering drivers break.
The river town in Kankakee County has regular...
A Task Force has arrested a 28-year-old man who’s been on the run since an apartment shooting in Manteno back in September.
Robert Williams was taken into custody at a relative’s apartment in Chicago. Charges against Williams...
Kankakee Fire Chief Ron Young is retiring November 30th. He’s the third longest-serving fire chief in Kankakee's history. He has spent his entire career as a member of the Kankakee fire department, having been hired at the age of...
Kankakee County Board member Andy Weiler is the Republican Central Committee's choice to lead the County Board. The GOP Central Committee voted to nominate Weilert as County Board Chair when the board re-organizes December...
Watseka Police report the arrest Monday of 37-year-old Donald Madison of Woodland. The arrest happened when police were called to a Watseka retail business regarding an alleged theft.
Officers stopped Madison as he exited the...
