Category Archives: Local News
Apple Recall for Several States
A Michigan produce company is recalling thousands of apples due to possible listeria contamination. North Bay Produce Inc. of Traverse City is voluntarily recalling 2,297 cases of apples and two bulk ...
Oct 29, 2019
Bluegrass State Going After Illinois Businesses
Bluegrass State Going After Illinois Businesses Kentucky has launched a marketing campaign to try to lure Illinois companies to move across the border with promises of lower taxes and better weather. ...
Oct 29, 2019
Mattoon Lions Club Mobile Retinal Screening at LifeSpan Center
The Mattoon Lions Club's mobile retinal screening is coming to the LifeSpan Center on November 5th. Those 55 and older are encouraged to take advantage of this free screening between 9:00 a.m. and noo...
Oct 29, 2019
Charleston Police Department Raises Money for Sarah Bush Lincoln Regional Cancer Center
For Immediate Release The Charleston Police Department sold pink theme department patches during the month of October as part of the Pink Patch Project, a national campaign to raise awareness for thos...
Oct 29, 2019 Pictured are members of the Charleston Police Department presenting the check to SBL Regional Cancer Center Supervisor Cody Edwards. Photo submitted by Sarah Bush Lincoln.
Don’t be an impaired driving monster this Halloween
For Immediate Release Don't be an impaired driving monster this Halloween SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies throughout t...
Oct 29, 2019
Pritzker Administration to Hold Vendor Forum in Quincy for $230 Million Project at Quincy Veterans’ Home
For Immediate Release Pritzker Administration to Hold Vendor Forum in Quincy for $230 Million Project at Quincy Veterans' Home SPRINGFIELD - Following Governor Pritzker's $230 million investment in th...
Oct 29, 2019
Special Olympics Illinois Region I Hosting 2019 Bocce Competition
Special Olympics Illinois Region I is hosting our 2019 Bocce competition on Saturday, November 2nd in Mattoon at the JFL fields and we are in great need of volunteers! We are needing volunteers to ass...
Oct 29, 2019
Illinois Department of Labor Releases Top 5 Safety Violations for Illinois Transportation Departments
For Immediate Release Illinois Department of Labor Releases Top 5 Safety Violations for Illinois Transportation Departments SPRINGFIELD - Worker safety is the primary mission of the Illinois Occupatio...
Oct 29, 2019
Kitchen Painting Sells For $26 Million
Kitchen Painting Sells For $26 Million (Paris) - A small painting that hung over a woman's cooking hotplate for years sold for more than 26-million-dollars at auction Sunday in Paris. It turned out to...
Oct 29, 2019
Juul Cutting 500 Jobs
Juul Cutting 500 Jobs (San Francisco, CA) -- E-cigarette maker Juul is cutting around 500 jobs by the end of the year. The Wall Street Journal reports the cuts are part of an effort to spend less on m...
Oct 29, 2019
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