Category Archives: Local News

IL Gov Laments Competition For Supplies Amid COVID-19 Outbreak (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says it's a "wild west" as states compete for supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Illinois Residents Adjusting To Stay-At-Home Order (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois residents are adjusting to a new stay-at-home order. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the order Friday as a strategy to sto...

Pritzker, Trump Feud On Twitter (Washington, DC) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker and President Trump are feuding on Twitter. Trump called out Pritzker yesterday morning for "blaming" the federal government,...

Illinois Guard Not Being Deployed To Enforce Stay Home Order (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois National Guard is not being deployed to enforce Governor J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order. The Guard we...

Illinois Distilleries Making Hand Sanitizer To Combat Shortage (Highwood, IL) -- Some distilleries in Illinois are making hand sanitizer to combat a shortage due to COVID-19. The Alcohol and Tobacco T...

Gas Prices Continue To Drop (Undated) -- Prices are falling at the pump as the coronavirus outbreak lowers demand worldwide. As of Saturday, the average price in the U.S. was two-dollars-and-15-cents ...

For Release Public Health Officials Announce 296 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Sunday, March 22, 2020, announced 296 new cases of co...

Photo Credit: John Russell/CMA Nashville, Tenn. (March 21, 2020) - The country music community is mourning the loss of Country Music Hall of Fame member Kenny Rogers. The music icon passed away last n...

NYC Now Epicenter Of Coronavirus Outbreak (New York, NY) -- Mayor de Blasio says New York City is now the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, with over 51-hundred confirmed cas...

'Onward' Coming To Disney+ As Theaters Close (Burbank, CA) -- Good news for parents trying to keep their kids busy at home. Disney's "Onward" is coming to TV's. It just hit the big screen two weeks ag...