Fulton County News

The Natural Conservancy announced today details for waterfowl hunting at Emiquon Preserve , the innovative Downstate restoration project by the Illinois River, beginning later this month.

A two car crash in Fulton County today claims the life of a Peoria Heights man while sending three other people to area hospitals.

For those who think fall is the most beautiful time of the year in Central Illinois... these next two weekends might be the highlight of the season.

School officials in Astoria are taking extra precautions after a handwritten bomb threat was found in the high school on Wednesday.

A Canton woman, already facing charges in connection with a fatal accident, is now facing a new drug charge.

A local family is grieving the loss of a second loved one tonight, following a fatal two-car accident last week in Fulton County.

Fulton County Sheriff's police say 52-year old Scotty L. Clifford, Junior and 81-year old Arthur L. Church both died at the scene of the accident Wednesday just east of Banner of U-S Route-24. Police say Clifford was southbound and attempting to pass another vehicle and struck Church's northbound vehicle.

Two tornadoes were spotted this afternoon with the storms that rolled through the area.

Persistent rain has resulted in a corn planting season that's even worse than the one caused by last year's devastating Midwestern floods, experts say.

DeKALB – A DeKalb County woman was being held Tuesday in the Fulton County Jail in Lewistown on charges of aggravated assault to a correction officer and reckless driving.

WMBD/WYZZ - KNOX COUNTY -- A Galesburg woman was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon in Fulton County.

Location: Fulton County, IL between Banner and Little America. Rice Lake was closed to boating, but it didn't stop fishing from the "pushed back shoreline", Sara, Hunter and Chris...were not going to let the floods ruin their long weekend! Add a comment Name: Comment: 250 Characters Left WEEK News 25 and its affiliated companies are not responsible ...

Fulton county sheriff's police have positively identified another victim who drown this weekend in the Spoon River.

Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines says the man whose vehicle was pulled out of Spoon River Monday afternoon died from drowning.

A man is dead after authorities found him in a vehicle submerged in flood waters about a half mile east of the Spoon River.

Emergency Rescue Crews are in Fulton County where a motorist apparently has been swept away by flood waters.

In Bartonville, U-S 24 remains open but the water keeps creeping up over parts of the roadway.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Spoon River at London Mills, affecting Knox and Fulton counties.

Sean A. Poore, 30, of 809 Highview St., Creve Coeur, was arrested about 11:40 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of West Antoinette Street and booked on charges of possessing a controlled substance and possessing drug paraphernalia.

They say you can't fight city hall but a Canton city councilman is going to try.