Category Archives: Local News

Mattoon Huddle Trivia Night will be August 24th at the Mattoon American Legion. Cost is $20 per person and teams can consist of up to eight players. Grand prize is $500, and they'll also award prizes ...

Brewing Gulf Storm Called Potential Tropical Cyclone (New Orleans, LA) -- A powerful storm system in the Gulf of Mexico is being called a "potential tropical cyclone." The National Hurricane Center st...

Heat Wave Grips Southern U.S. (Phoenix, AZ) -- Nearly 40 million Americans are bracing for extreme heat in the next few days. Over six million people are under an excessive heat warnings, including fo...

Illinois Mom Arrested For Letting Kids Ride On Top Of Car (Dixon, IL) -- An Illinois mom is facing child endangerment charges after police say she was driving down the road with her kids on top of her...

Computer Glitch Halts Illinois Unemployment Payments (Springfield, IL) -- People waiting on their unemployment benefits in Illinois are going to have to keep waiting. The IllinoisDepartment of Employm...

Illinois Behind Schedule With New Gambling Law (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois is already behind schedule with its new gambling law. The state was supposed to pick a firm to study a Chicago casino by the be...

Raffle tickets are available for the Windsor FFA tractor restoration. You can win a restore Farmall 706. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $20. Tickets are available from any FFA officer or member, or sto...

An aide to Congressman John Shimkus will be available in Lawrence, Richland, and Clay counties next week to assist with any problems you may be having with federal government agencies. On Tuesday, the...

Two Missing, Runaway Girls Found Safe (Champaign, IL) -- Two missing, runaway girls in the Champaign-Urbana area are home safe. Family members say that ten-year-old Mikla Bwandundu and 13-year-old Nao...

Canceled Band Gets Makeup Show At Black Diamond Harley Davidson (Carbondale, IL) -- The country-rock band Confederate Railroad will be making an appearance in Southern Illinois after all. The band's b...