Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Gov. Pritzker Partners with United Way of Illinois, Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations to Launch Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund Chicago - Governor JB Pritzker joined the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Health Officials Announce 673 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 673 new cases of coronavirus d...

For Immediate Release Horizon Health Accepting Sewn Face Masks (Paris, Ill.)-Horizon Health is taking local residents up on their offer to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. "People in our communities...

For Immediate Release Unemployment Rate Dropped to New Historic Low in February, While State Sees Significant Increase in Unemployment Claims in March SPRINGFIELD - While the Illinois Department of Em...

More Than A Half Million People Infected With COVID-19 Coronavirus (Baltimore, MD) -- More than a half million people worldwide are infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus. Johns Hopkins researchers sa...

37 Thousand Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In New York State (Albany, NY) -- The number of coronavirus cases continues to increase in New York State. There are more than 37-thousand confirmed cases in th...

The refund opportunity, scheduled for Friday, March 27, 2020, for Coles County 4-H barbecue tickets has been cancelled. All further refunds will need to be processed by mailing your tickets, along wit...

Culvert work near Ashmore will begin Monday, March 30, 2020. According to the Coles County Highway Department, the closing will be from the southeast village limits and County Road 850 North. The work...

For Immediate Release Parishes throughout diocese LIVE streaming Masses Springfield, IL - Nearly 30 parishes across the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois are now offering LIVE online streaming of the...

For Immediate Release Illinois Public Health Association Donates Protective Gloves As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies in Illinois, and in an effort to respond to the growing need among frontline hea...