Category Archives: Local News

Evening Fire Destroys Cerro Gordo Home (Cerro Gordo, IL) -- Crews are investigating the cause of a house fire in Cerro Gordo. The blaze broke out at the back of the house yesterday evening and spread ...

Illinois Lawmaker Wants To Bring Back Gas Station Attendants (Springfield, IL) -- The proposed plan to stop people in Illinois from pumping their own gas is as much about jobs as anything else. Chicag...

Glenwood High Student Dies After Getting The Flu (Chatham, IL) -- A Glenwood High School junior in Chatham is the latest Illinois victim of the flu. Joey Sandhaas died yesterday following complication...

Trial To Begin For Man Accused Of 2009 Murder (Champaign County, IL) -- The trial is set to begin today for a man accused of the murder of a Mahomet woman. Michael Henslick is accused of assaulting an...

WIU To Offer Cannabis Production As Minor This Fall (Macomb, IL) -- Western Illinois University will be offering a Cannabis Production minor beginning this fall. The university's Faculty Senate approv...

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 625 AM CST Tue Feb 11 2020   This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Illinois and southeast Illinois, includin...

For Immediate Release Illinois Sites Added to National Register of Historic Places SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Thanks to the efforts of historic preservation advocates in Illinois, 12 sites in the state were ...

For Immediate Release New Law Guarantees Tips Are the Property of the Employees Who Earned them SPRINGFIELD - Legislation signed by Governor JB Pritzker clarifies an existing state law and makes it cr...

One person was injured in a crash on I-57 in Effingham County this morning. According to the Illinois State Police, 44-year-old Amanda Frazier, of Edgewood was approaching mile post 157 when, for unkn...

Bill To Allow Medicaid To Cover Cancer Clinic Treatment Progressing (Springfield, IL) -- A bill that would allow Medicaid to cover cancer clinic treatment is headed to the Illinois Senate floor. The b...