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Latest Budget Plan: Six More Illinois Casinos (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are once again looking at more casinos as a way to save the state budget. Gambling expansion supporters started ta...

State Fair Coliseum Closed For 2017 (Springfield, IL) -- One of the most recognizable buildings on the Illinois State Fairgrounds is closed until further notice. State officials late last week confirm...

Forecasters Update Storm Total (Chicago, IL) -- Forecasters say more tornadoes hit north-central Illinois than first thought. The National Weather Service over the weekend updated last week's storm re...

Monical's Pizza of Charleston will host a community night fundraiser for the Charleston Police K9 program March 21st. Just go to monicalspizza.com and click on "Fundraising," then, "Community Day Cale...

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital is concerned about the health of the community. Because of this, St. Anthony's has made the pledge to help increase colorectal cancer screening rates by supporting...

President Donald Trump's administration needs to plainly say if it intends to crack down on the medical marijuana industry in Illinois, State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said today. The administration'...

According to a MPD press release, Mattoon police arrested a trio of suspects on drug related charges on Feb. 26th at 3:33 a.m. Bryan A. Shupe, age 28 of Mattoon, Maverick C. Bowman, age 26 of Mattoon,...

Facebook Testing "Dislike" Button For Messenger (Undated) -- Facebook is testing a "dislike" button, but not for content on the News Feed. "Tech Crunch" reports the social media giant is giving more t...

Thai Turtle Has 5 Pounds Of Coins Removed (Bangkok) -- A Thai turtle had enough coins inside her to start a pretty good bank account. Veterinarians today removed nearly 915 coins from the 25-year-old ...

What happens when you take some of the most brilliant minds from area high schools and put them under one roof? Nothing other than an academic face off, where teams are pitted against each other in ei...