Category Archives: Local News

FBI Raids State Senator Martin Sandoval's Offices (Springfield, IL) -- Published reports say federal agents have raided the Springfield and Cicero offices of state Senator Martin Sandoval. FBI agents ...

Fallen ISP Trooper Jones-Story's Volleyball Number Retired In Ceremony (Warren, IL) -- The Warren High School volleyball number once worn by fallen Illinois State Police Trooper Brooke Jones-Story wil...

Swastika Appearing In Mt. Zion High School Google Image Search (Mt. Zion, IL) -- Police are investigating after a swastika appeared on Google image searches for Mt. Zion High School. Authorities poste...

New UI De-Icing Research Could Improve Safety, Shorten Delays (Urbana, IL) -- New research by University of Illinois grad students could improve travel safety and shorten delays. The grad students at ...

For Immediate Release Tales from the Vault - Rare Books SPRINGFIELD - What qualities define a rare book? Is it age, or value, or maybe the story of who once owned it? The Abraham Lincoln Presidential ...

For Immediate Release Keeping Things Scary but Safe SPRINGFIELD - It's that time of year again - scary sounds, darkened corridors, creepy clowns, lots of screaming. Haunted house season is here! And i...

Drink Coffee, Earn Money If you're a coffee lover there's a new job for you. A job listing posted on Business.org says they're looking for a "self-professed Starbucks junkie" to trade in their corpora...

For Immediate Release Wanted: Snowplow drivers to join the IDOT team SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation today renewed its call for qualified individuals to step forward and apply ...

Getting To Zero Program Working To End HIV (Champaign, IL) -- The Getting to Zero project is dedicated to ending HIV. The mayors of Champaign and Urbana signed a Getting to Zero proclamation yesterday...

For Immediate Release Illinois EPA Issues Construction Permit to Comply with General Assembly's Toughest-in-Nation Restrictions SPRINGFIELD - Following legislation passed by the General Assembly to im...