Category Archives: Local News

State Addresses "Essential Business" Question In Stay-At-Home Order (Undated) -- The state of Illinois website has put up a frequently-asked-question page about the "stay at home" order that was pushe...

Illinois National Guard: We Are Not Preparing For Roadblocks, Law Enforcement (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois' National Guard commanders are doing all they can to push back on rumors that troops will soon b...

From IDPH: SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 236 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including three deaths in Cook County; two men in ...

A 51-year-old Chicago woman was found dead at Lake Charleston, Sunday, March 22, 2020. According to the Charleston Police Department, a passerby came across the woman seated in her vehicle. Preliminar...

For Immediate Release Stevens Industries conducts Flower Sale for United Way of Effingham County Needing a little something to brighten your day during these difficult times? Stevens Industries is onc...

For Immediate Release Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Announces Several Actions to Increase the Health Care Professional Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic CHICAGO - T...

Waco Issues Stay At Home Order (Waco, TX) -- Waco is issuing a stay at home order due to coronavirus. Mayor Kyle Deaver announced the order today saying non-essential businesses will be closed startin...

Surgeon General On Coronavirus: "This Week, It's Going To Get Bad" (Washington, DC) -- Surgeon General Jerome Adams has a somber message about the coronavirus: "This week, it's going to get bad." On N...

Spring Storm Bringing Wintry Weather To Great Lakes, Northeast (Undated) -- Wintry weather is set to make a curtain call in the Great Lakes and the Northeast. Two storm systems are bearing down on mil...

Pritzker Calls On Retired Health Workers To Help Fight Coronavirus (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is calling on retired health care workers to help fight the state's COVID-19 out...