Demand for ag labor through the H-2A temporary visa program in Illinois and the nation continues to rise. During fiscal year 2025, 559 more positions were certified in Illinois over fiscal 2024, ...

Weather shapes our daily lives — sometimes quietly, other times all at once. Most days, it’s a background detail — a quick glance at the forecast before you grab a jacket, plan a cookout or decide ...

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade volleyball team won 15-25, 27-25, 25-23 over St. Joseph on Tuesday. Tinley Eichelberger had eight kills while Adlynn Lindsey had five kills, Violet Foster ...

HOOPESTON — A Hoopeston man was arrested Friday after police said he was involved in two separate crashes while driving under the influence. The first crash happened in the area of 5th and Main ...

KANKAKEE — An October jury trial has been set for Dee Ann Schippert, a former Iroquois County Public Health Department administrator charged with theft, forgery and official misconduct. The ...

PAXTON — Newly acquired books at the Paxton Carnegie Library include: Adult fiction — “Old Soul” by Susan Barker, “The Rest of Our Lives” by Ben Markovits, “Lost Lambs” by Madeline Cash, “Jigsaw” by ...

PAXTON — The results are in — and it appears wrestling is, too, to Paxton-Buckley-Loda students. An emphatic “yes” was the answer given by nearly 23% — 88, to be exact — of the 387 students in fifth ...

PAXTON — The Paxton City Council gave Police Chief Coy Cornett the go-ahead on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to spend an estimated $24,690 on the purchase of two in-car camera systems and three body-worn camera ...

ELLIOTT — With a paint ordering deadline coming the next day, trustees voted at the village board’s Feb. 10 meeting to change one of the previously approved colors for the town’s new water tower. The ...

PAXTON PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Jordan J. Hasselbring, 39, of Paxton, was arrested for domestic battery around 1:55 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

WATSEKA – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade volleyball team won 25-23, 25-17 over Watseka Glenn Raymond on Thursday. Tinley Eichelberger had five kills and six digs while Avery Johnson had four ...

PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity boys basketball team nearly rallied from an 11-point deficit in Friday’s game against Prairie Central. The Panthers cut that deficit to two points, but could ...