The Labrador-mix (known as Bear) is making progress as he recovers from his near-death experience in Ford County. Police are also reporting progress in the case to find who's responsible for shooting him and leaving him to die...
A traffic stop west of Pontiac finds a Flanagan couple facing new heroin charges. 37-year-old James Blankenbeckler and his 32-year-old wife, Beth, were arrested Tuesday on Route 17. They were already free on bond for possession...
"It's as much a problem here as anywhere else...sexual assaults happen everywhere."
That was Wednesday's message from Iroquois County Assistant State's Attorney Alex O'Brien. He talked about sexual assault cases in Iroquois...
Illinois's budget impasse is forcing the Will County Health Department's decision to lay off 53 employees. And the lay-offs will have an impact on some 52-thousand clients, many of them children.
The layoffs follow a $2.1...
A Low pressure moving across the central Plains will continue to bring storm chances across central Illinois today.
Some of the storms could be strong to severe with gusty winds, heavy rain and some hail. A frontal boundary...
A dog found shot and left tied to a bridge in Ford County is showing signs of improving. The News-Gazette reports the dog was discovered last week (April 20) near Sibley.
Ford County Sheriff Mark Doran reported a man walking his...
It's time again to take a stand against sexual violence. The 3rd annual 'Take Back the Night" event this (Wed) evening Watseka is asking advocates, survivors and supporters to come together.
ISAS – Iroquois Sexual Assault...
Public Works employees in Watseka have a new three-year pact with the city.
Union workers represented by Local 751 will see a 2.5 percent raise in each year of the contract. General laborers' will get a pay hike up to $13 per...
Investigators say the motive was revenge. And a 61-year-old man now is charged with murder and arson for the Kankakee fire that killed two young boys.
Alex Sawyer has been arrested for the April 13th fire that resulted in the...
Forty-seven-year-old Earl Blair of Watseka died in a single-car crash Monday.
It happened on Route 1/17 at Kankakee County Road 7940 E. just before 4:40 pm. Illinois State Police report the car ran off the road and hit a utility...
