Category Archives: Local News

Girl Scouts Of Northern Illinois Launching Human Trafficking Prevention Program (Rockford, IL) -- The Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois is launching a human trafficking prevention program. The Girl Sco...

New Committee To Help Oversee Changes To DCFS (Springfield, IL) -- State lawmakers say they're forming a new committee to oversee changes to the Department of Child and Family Services. The group call...

Honoring Illinois' Fallen United States and State flags at half-staff from Sunrise on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 until Sunset on Friday, May 10, 2019. The Department of Central Management Services has rec...

According to the Mattoon Police Department, a sixth-grade boy riding his bicycle was struck by a car at 9th Street and Marion Avenue this afternoon. It appears the boy rode his bike into the path of t...

UPDATED: One Student Dead In Colorado School Shooting (Highlands Ranch, CO) -- Multiple media outlets report that one student is dead after a school shooting in Colorado. Several other students were i...

For Immediate Release Gift Shop Grand Opening is May 20 at Horizon Health (Paris, Ill.)-A grand opening event for Horizon Health's new gift shop will take place Monday, May 20. A ribbon cutting ceremo...

The National Association of Letter Carriers' 27th annual national food drive, "Stamp Out Hunger," will be this Saturday (5/11). Simply leave you donation of non-perishable food in a bag or box next to...

For Immediate Release Governor Pritzker Highlights Strength of Illinois' Export Industry during World Trade Month (Chicago, IL) - Today, Governor Pritzker proclaimed May as World Trade Month, recogniz...

For Immediate Release Lake Land College holds National Society of Leadership and Success chapter induction ceremony Lake Land College's National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS) inducted 45 me...

For Immediate Release Governor Pritzker Announces New Funding for Capital and Infrastructure Program to Support Growth of Minority-Owned Businesses (Chicago, IL) - Today the Department of Commerce and...