NEWS

  DIXON - For his January 2024 local business highlight, State Representative Bradley Fritts chose to highlight Total Construction Services in Sterling. Rep. Fritts spent time touring the busi...more>>

ROCHELLE - The Rochelle Rotary Club’s annual “From the Heart” dinner-auction, the organization’s premier fundraising event of the year, will be held this Saturday at the Flig...more>>

  SPRINGFIELD - Efforts are underway in Illinois for a bipartisan bill aiming to raise the threshold triggering the state's estate tax on family farms. Currently set at $4 million, Illinois Farm...more>>

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin on Wednesday announced $2.8 million to help businesses in rural Illinois transition to solar power. This funding, through the U.S. Dep...more>>

  SPRINGFIELD -  An Illinois lawmaker is putting the brakes on a proposed measure that could limit police from pulling over drivers.  State Representative Justin Slaughter introduced...more>>

    CHICAGO -  An effort to keep former President Donald Trump off Illinois' March primary ballot is shifting to state court.  The state Board of Elections voted Tuesday to rej...more>>

  WASHINGTON DC -  A group of Illinois farmers will be in Washington today to talk to Congress.  The farmers will be in the nation's capitol to discuss the possibility of "transforma...more>>

FREEPORT -  A Freeport man and his uncle are accused of killing a man nearly two years ago in Florida.  Police say Yoel Paredes and his uncle, Reynaldo Paredes, allegedly stabbed Jorge Men...more>>

  WASHINGTON DC - Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has called on the Food and Drug Administration to take immediate action to protect children in the United States following vaping restrictions in...more>>

  CHICAGO - The Illinois State Fire Marshal urges furnace checks, filter changes, and ensuring CO and smoke alarms work this month. Carbon monoxide, an odorless gas, poses a threat detected on...more>>

    KINGSTON - A Kingston man is facing 8 counts of child pornography after an investigation from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and a cybertip from the National Center for Mis...more>>

DIXON - The Valentines for Seniors Card Drive is underway in Northern Illinois. Sponsored by Illinois State Senator Win Stoller, the goal is to brighten the day of seniors and make sure they know th...more>>

  SYCAMORE - The Sycamore Park District was awarded nearly $350,000 from the state as part of a round of funding from the Open Space and Land Acquisition Development program.  Nearly $55 ...more>>

  SOMONAUK - Two drivers and a passenger were injured after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Southern DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to th...more>>

  DIXON -  Police are identifying the woman found dead this past weekend in Dixon.  Authorities located the body of Stevie Dodillet lying on the ground Sunday in the 16-hundred block...more>>