Some more detail now on that car versus pedestrian accident on Route 50 by Farm and Fleet last night that took the life of the pedestrian. Bourbonnais Police say it was just before eight last night when they were called to the area for a man down. When they got there, they found the 56-year-old man had been crossing tr...

Recent rains haven't helped when it comes to drought conditions across the region. The latest map just released by the US Drought Monitor puts pretty much all of the listening area in the "moderate drought" category with only a swath through the middle of Will County considered to be only "abnormally dry...

It's an annual tradition. "A Night in Sleepy Hollow" returns this weekend to the Perry Farm in Bourbonnais. Cherie Smolkovich is the Bourbonnais Township Park District's Director of Community Outreach and Marketing and she says it's a long-going, collaborative event She adds there'll be a few holiday craft an...

There's word a pedestrian was hit by a car on Route 50 near Farm and Fleet last night. There's no official word on the condition of the pedestrian.

udges in Ford County Circuit Court were busy this week. The Ford County Chronicle says on Tuesday 18-year-old Veronica L. Matuszewski of Kempton was ordered held until her trial for attempted first degree murder after she allegedly hit her uncle twice with her car. Her next hearing was scheduled for December 16th in Pa...

Embattled Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard is running for re-election. Henyard made the announcement on social, including that she will be endorsing a new slate of village board members. Since being elected in 2021 as Dolton's first Black female mayor, Henyard has been under scrutiny over allegations of financial mismana...

Jury selection is slow moving in the racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. No jurors were selected for a second straight day yesterday. As result, opening statements won't likely begin until next week. Madigan and longtime confidant, Michael McClain, are charged with conspiring to part...

The jury for Richard Allen's double murder trial will be sworn in today. A dozen jurors and four alternates were selected this week for the trial. Allen is charged with killing 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German in February 2017 in Delphi Indiana. He wasn't arrested until October 2022.