Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - Press Release from the Mattoon Police Department Mattoon PD Investigating Pipe Bomb Threat to Church Mattoon police are investigating the crime of Making a Terrorist Threat (72...

Baby Dead After Being Shot By Pellet Gun (Champaign, IL) -- A one-year-old is dead after being shot in the chest with a pellet rifle. The shooting happened Monday inside a house on the 14-hundred-bloc...

Republicans Disagree With Pritzker's Plan To Rebuild Illinois (Peoria, IL) -- Some Republicans disagree with how Governor Pritzker's plan to rebuild Illinois will be implemented. Republicans said rece...

Millions To Travel Over 4th Of July Holiday (Undated) -- More Americans are expecting to travel over the Fourth of July holiday. AAA expects nearly 49-million Americans to getaway, almost two-million ...

Police Searching For 911 Caller Who Made Threats Against Church (Mattoon, IL) -- Police are continuing to search for a 911 caller who made threats against a Mattoon church. A dispatcher took the call ...

Governor Pritzker Announces Record Tourism Growth In Illinois (Springfield, IL) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker says Illinois experienced a record number of visitors in 2018. Pritzker announced yesterday th...

Danville Lays Out Details On Casino Plan (Danville, IL) -- Danville officials are giving the green light to building a casino. Officials have less than four months to come up with a comprehensive plan...

UPDATED: Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Destroys Thousands Of Barrels Of Bourbon (Woodford County, KY) -- Over 40-thousand barrels of bourbon went up in flames in Kentucky after an overnight fire destroyed a...

According to the Illinois State Police, I-74 WESTBOUND between MP 197 (Ogden) and 192 (St. Joseph) will be shut down to all traffic for approximately 5 hours starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight for road re...

(San Diego, CA) -- The Navy SEAL accused of war crimes is being cleared of murder and attempted murder charges. A military jury found Edward Gallagher not guilty of killing a captured ISIS fighter and...