Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Lake Land College to enter Level 3 Restricted Campus Lake Land College is committed to protecting the health and safety of all staff and students during this COVID-19 pandemic. I...

Cuomo Reduces Office Workforce To 25 Percent (Albany, NY) -- Governor Cuomo is putting in more restrictions for businesses to help slow the spread of coronavirus. Cuomo is now mandating that 75 percen...

Tulsi Gabbard Suspends Presidential Campaign (New York, NY) -- Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is suspending her presidential campaign. Gabbard endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in a video s...

Gasoline Drops Below $1 In Kentucky (London, KY) -- A Kentucky station is the first in the nation to offer gasoline for under a dollar a gallon in decades. The BP station in London lowered its price t...

Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever's spring gun raffle scheduled for April 2nd has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon. They are STILL selling tickets, however. Over $7,800 in guns will ...

Mattoon Chamber of Commerce Director Ed Dowd joined 101.3 WMCI this morning to talk about Covid-19. Here are some local companies offering help during this time. There are also links to state and fede...

GA State Senate Told To Self-Isolate After Coronavirus Exposure (Atlanta, GA) -- The Georgia state Senate is being told to self-isolate after a lawmaker with the coronavirus showed up to vote. State s...

According to the National Weather Service, the Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois: Little Wabash River below Clay City affecting Clay and Richland Counties from Thursday even...

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Flash Flood Watch for a portion of southeast Illinois, including the following areas, Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, and Ric...

The Cumberland County Health Department says it received calls from the Toledo area regarding a COVID-19 scam. The callers said people in orange and yellow vests knocked on doors and claimed they were...