Category Archives: Local News

Pritzker Introduces Multi-Year Road Construction Plan (Springfield, IL) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker is introducing a new multi-year road construction plan. Pritzker, lawmakers, and Illinois Department o...

Kids Hurt As Car Crashes Into Champaign Home (Champaign, IL) -- Three boys are injured after a car crashed into a home in Champaign. The crash happened early Saturday morning at a house on Hollyhill D...

Man Convicted In Chinese Scholar's Death No Longer In Illinois (Oklahoma City, OK) -- The man convicted in the kidnapping and killing of University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang is no longer in I...

For Immediate Release Highway Dedicated in Honor of Fallen State Trooper DOWNERS GROVE, IL- Illinois State Police (ISP) Officials and the Ellis family were joined by Illinois State Senator Melinda Bus...

According to the Illinois Commerce Commission, the 447 prefix will be implemented for the 217 region after March 29, 2021. The 447 area code will overlay the existing 217 area code to address depletio...

For Immediate Release Pritzker Administration Announces $10.1 Million in Park and Recreational Facility Grants SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (I...

Thousands In Tools Stolen From Danville Habitat Build (Danville, IL) -- Habitat for Humanity in Danville is hoping to recover the remainder of the tools that were stolen from a worksite. About two-tho...

Walmart Announces Recall Of Great Value Brand Sausage Products (Bentonville, AR) -- Retail giant Walmart is recalling over six-thousand pounds of Great Value brand ready-to-eat sausage products over c...

A Cerro Gordo woman is charged with making a false bomb threat at Fifth Third Bank in Effingham. Police say 58-year-old Diana Keen threw a package at the staff at the bank yesterday afternoon, Thursda...

For Immediate Release Unemployment Rate Falls to New Historic Low in September CHICAGO-The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that nonfarm payrolls increased +4,800 jobs...