Woodford County News

U S Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday more than $128 million will be used by several local housing authorities for improvements.

Newly released documents in an alleged Woodford County police brutality case paint a picture of an out of control man trying to disarm officers.

Karen Fyke and Michelle Cecil will teach a paper-piecing project at the 7 p.m. Feb.

Possibly to appear bipartisan Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn in his State of the State Address asked for cooperation in meeting the big goals he outlined.

A Eureka man faces a felony charge after police said he used his vehicle to attempt to hit the same jogger on two separate occasions.

On Feb. 4, Tom Bennett held Meet And Greet "Have Coffee with Tom Bennett" sessions in Goodfield, Eureka, and El Paso to talk about issues impacting Woodford County voters.

A man who was an inmate last summer at the Woodford County Jail was diagnosed with tuberculosis, but the disease didn't threaten the general public, health officials said this week.

Beginning on Monday, February 6 from 3 to 4 p.m. a young moms group will be meeting twice monthly at the Eureka Public Library.

A 4-H New Member Orientation workshop will be held in the Farm Bureau Auditorium on February 2 at 6:30 P.M. It is designed to help new members and parents learn about the 4-H program.

The Woodford County Agronomy Day will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at the Woodford County Extension office in Eureka.

DEER CREEK, Ill. -- An updated class rating of the Deer Creek Fire Department may prove beneficial to the entire community.

"Computer Basics" will be a six week series of classes offered for free at Eureka Public Library during February and March on from1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Feb.

The drama in the trial of Roberta McCumber - accused of murdering her boyfriend, Jeff Williams, and dumping parts of his body in Woodford County - ended once the judge charged the jury to follow the law and reach a verdict.

May 26, 1983, dawned as another glorious spring day that brought Peorians down to the river's edge, but on that day many of them were over at the Peoria County Courthouse.

A Woodford County grand jury has indicted four people in connection to their presence at what is alleged to be an illegal drug-making facility.

Dan Proft, host of a political talk show on WLS, is this year's speaker at the Lincoln Reagan Dinner.

Today, as Woodford County state's attorney, Minger deals with suits of a less tangible, more complex nature.