Category Archives: Local News

(Elizabethton, TN) -- NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Junior and his family are doing well after escaping a plane crash in East Tennessee. Airport Manager Dan Cogan told WJHL that the Cessna Citation ran...

Update: ALL LANES ARE BACK OPEN I-57 NORTHBOUND MILE POST 237 ---------------- Troopers are on scene of an accident on Interstate 57 eastbound near milepost 237. Use caution in the area as the scene i...

UPDATE: (Philadelphia, PA) -- At least six Philadelphia police officers are in the hospital, shot during a standoff with a gunman. All of the officers are expected to recover. One officer is also said...

Ticks in Illinois Found to Have Heartland Virus SPRINGFIELD - Last summer, a Kankakee County resident tested positive for Heartland virus, the first case reported in Illinois. In response to this huma...

For Immediate Release Illinois, Missouri win regional transportation award for transforming Metro East access, enhancing quality of life SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation announc...

For Immediate Release IDOA Showcases Hemp at Illinois State Fair SPRINGFIELD, IL - In June the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) set aside a plot on the Illinois State Fairgrounds to educate f...

For Immediate Release Montrose Blacktop to reopen August 16 MONTROSE - The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that the Montrose Blacktop about 1.5 miles south of Illinois 121 in Cumberlan...

FBI Stopped Man From Blowing-Up Illinois Capitol's Satanic Monument (Springfield, IL) -- The FBI says it was able to stop a California man from blowing-up the Satanic monument at the Illinois State Ca...

Illinois Among States Suing Over Old Coal Rules (Washington, D.C.) -- Illinois is among 22 states suing the Trump Administration over the president's push to allow states to use coal in their power pl...

Senators Announce Grants For Opioid, Behavioral Health Services In Illinois (Washington, DC) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is awarding over two-million dollars in grants for comm...