Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Lake Shelbyville DirtWorx Mountain Bike Fest Lake Shelbyville - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with the Lake Volunteers Association, Central Illinois Mountain Bik...

The Coles County Veterans Support Coalition's next "Mess Hall Meal" will be held on September 7th at 5:00 p.m. Veterans eat for free from the Don Sol Food Truck, and non-veterans enjoy a meal at a nom...

While kids consider it the "happiest place on earth," adults may develop a new passion for Disneyland next month. Officials with Disney California Adventure Park say a new party, called Oogie Boogie B...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an agricultural disaster in all 102 Illinois counties. For those experiencing an extraordinary and unprecedented planting season, this declaration will ...

For Immediate Release Illinois DoIT's Inaugural Year Brings Digital Progress for State Springfield, IL - Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) observes one year as a state agency, ...

For Immediate Release Pritzker Administration, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Celebrate Upcoming Construction of new Foundry in Decatur Decatur, Ill. - Following months of conversatio...

For Immediate Release Help is Here: IDHS Offers Important Resources to Residents at the Illinois State Fair SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) wants Illinoisans and fair-go...

United Way of Effingham County's campaign kick-off luncheon will be August 27th. The meeting will begin at noon at the Effingham Event Center. Niemerg's Steakhouse will be catering. Businesses interes...

For Immediate Release 2019 Butter Cow Unveiled SPRINGFIELD, IL -Illinois State Fair officials unveiled the treasured Butter Cow Wednesday, August 7th in the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgr...

President Trump May Commute Former Governor Blagojevich's Sentence (Washington, D.C.) -- Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may be getting out of prison earlier than first thought. Pre...