Category Archives: Local News

Moultrie County Health Department Announces Additional Confirmed COVID-19 Cases SULLIVAN, IL, April 24, 2020 - The Moultrie County Health Department (MCHD) announces two additional confirmed cases of ...

Columbia University Student Sues For Refund For Shortened Spring Semester (New York, NY) -- A Columbia University student has hit the Ivy League school with a class action lawsuit demanding tuition re...

Face Coverings Required For All Over Age Two (Chicago, IL) -- A newly announced modification and extension of the Illinois stay-at-home order includes a requirement to wear face coverings in public. T...

For Release - Thursday, April 23, 2020 Statement from Congressman Shimkus Collinsville, Illinois - Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) released the following statement today regarding the House ...

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Calls Lawmakers Wimps For Not Working (Chicago, IL) -- Rod Blagojevich is not impressed with what he sees at the state Capitol. The Illinois House yesterday ca...

Illinois Schools Get Help From CARES Package (McLean County, IL) -- Illinois colleges and universities are getting help from a federal coronavirus relief act. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...

U Of I Summer Sports Camps Canceled (Champaign County, IL) -- The University of Illinois is canceling all of its summer sports camps. The camps have run for 50 years without interruption until now. Of...

Illinois Lawmaker Sues Over Governor's Stay-At-Home Order (Undated) -- An Illinois lawmaker is suing Governor J.B. Pritzker, saying the latest extended stay-at-home order is an overreach of authority....

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IDNR to Reopen Select Sites for Limited Activities May 1 Campgrounds, playgrounds and other amenities will remain closed SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - To allow Illinois residents to engage in some outdoor activ...