Category Archives: Local News

Coronavirus Death Rate Rising In New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) -- Health experts say Mardi Gras celebrations may have contributed to the rising coronavirus death rate in New Orleans. The number of kno...

Federal COVID-19 Response Funding Comes To Southern Illinois Health Centers (Washington, DC) -- Democratic Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth say federal funding is coming to Illinois c...

University Of Illinois Working With State On COVID-19 Response (Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois is working with the state on its COVID-19 response. Its Integrated Bioprocessing Research Labo...

State Report: Illinois Could Enter Major Economic Recession (Springfield, IL) -- A new report says that Illinois could enter a major economic recession as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Commis...

Deadline To Get Real ID Pushed Back In Illinois (Springfield, IL) -- The deadline to get a REAL ID in Illinois is being pushed back. Officials announced yesterday that the new deadline will be October...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and southeast Illinois including Christian-Clark-Coles-Cumberland-Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Moultrie and Shelby ...

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Fayette County Until 715 AM CDT. Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other...

The U.S. now has the most cases of coronavirus in the world. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. now has more than 82-thousand cases, passing both Italy and China. The outbreak of the vi...

For Immediate Release IDES Taking Steps to Address Unprecedented Volume of Unemployment Claims SPRINGFIELD - Today, Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announce...

For Immediate Release President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Illinois WASHINGTON - FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available for the state of Illinoi...