Hoopeston News

An inmate at the Ford County Jail was found dead by correctional officers this morning.

A Hoopeston man was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for stealing $3,000 from a Paxton bank through a fraudulent ATM transaction.

A Hoopeston man was treated for what police described as non-life-threatening injuries after his semitrailer crashed into the back of an unoccupied vehicle protecting an Illinois Department of Transportation work crew in rural Harristown.

Monday afternoon Ameren workers lined up along Route 24 between Crescent City and Watseka picking up what mother nature left behind.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 609 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 607 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING ... (more)