Cleanup continues for residents and businesses in Livingston County and other communities after the severe weather ripped thru north-central Illinois Wednesday night. The National Weather Service cinfirms there were nine...
Officials reported 17 of 93 feeder calves died in a semi crash Thursday morning near Rantoul. A semi-trailer tractor carrying the calves to Iowa overturned on an Interstate 57 exit ramp.
The 17 animals either died or had to...
Watseka Police located an active Meth lab (Thursday). Acting on a tip of a possible meth lab at an E. Walnut Street location, police investigated, then obtained a search warrant and found met-making materials, hypodermic needles...
A traffic stop on W. Washington Street in Hoopeston (Wednesday) led to two arrests. The driver and a passenger face charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of meth precursors and possession of drug...
Former Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds is out of jail and wearing a bracelet. A federal judge released the ex-lawmaker (Thursday) from custody in the Kankakee County detention center. Reynolds will wear an electronic monitoring...
A Tennessee truck driver's stop in Gilman was well worth it.
Howard Phelps bought a $2 instant Illinois lottery ticket that produced a winner - $1,000 per week for life !
The General Manager of the Pilot Flying J Travel Center...
An overturned cattle hauler caused all types of problems on I-57 in Rantoul. Illinois State Troopers joined Rantoul fire department members and other emergency responders (Thursday) in an effort to recover and rescue the...
8 contestants in each division
Junior Division:
1st Place: Dance Duo from Shorewood
Ameilia Koren & Riley Marco
2nd Place: Tap Dance, Hear Here Heroes from Hear Here Dance Studio in Watseka
Cabery Brown
Livia Kollman
Brycea...
At least four tornados touched down in north-central Illinois Wednesday, as a series of powerful storms swept through the area. Widespread damage is reported, knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
The worst...
Today (Wednesday) marks the one-year anniversary of the Coal City tornado ripped apart the Grundy County community. An EF-3 tornado disrupted the small community's way of life. And today, the town is still rebuilding.
It was...
