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Target Car Seat Trade-In Returns Today
Starting today and for the next two weeks, Target stores are accepting and recycling used car sets in exchange for coupons worth 20-percent off selected baby gear items. The retailer will take infant ...
Apr 22, 2019
Fatal Crash in Shelby County
According to the Illinois State Police, a 34-year-old Edgewood woman died in two vehicle accident last night. According to the preliminary investigation, a truck driven by Matthew Logsdon, of Beecher ...
Apr 22, 2019
Illinois State Board Of Education Looks At Costs To Become A Teacher
Anyone who wants to be a teacher in Illinois is looking at 400 dollars in tests just to apply. The Illinois State Board of Education earlier this week said it wants to see if the cost to become a teac...
Apr 19, 2019 Filip Pticek / CC
Last Charleston Library Books and Babies is Next Week
Books and Babies will resume at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Thursdays, at 10:30-11:00 from now through April 25th, in the Craft Room. This program has been developed for infants through ...
Apr 19, 2019
Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities Accepting Applications
The 30th Annual Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities will be held November 22nd through 24th at Wolf Creek State Park. Applicants must possess a state-issued disabled person identification card or a...
Apr 19, 2019 Fool4myCanon / CC
Charleston MuseFest Seeking Participants
MuseFest, the local arts and music festival held on the historic Charleston square, is looking for food, art and craft vendors along with non for profit organizations and musicians! If you'd like to b...
Apr 19, 2019
Illinois Unemployment Ticks Up In March
Illinois' unemployment rate jumped a bit last month. New numbers from the state that came out yesterday show the jobless rate is now four-point-four-percent. It was four-point-three-percent back in Fe...
Apr 19, 2019
A Portion of 7th Street to be Temporarily Closed in Charleston Starting Monday
According to the City of Charleston, 7th Street will be closed from Monroe north to the alley from Monday, April 22nd to Thursday, April 25th for construction. Please choose an alternate route during ...
Apr 18, 2019
First Neighbor Bank, Greenup Branch, Back Open
Update: Friday, April 19th First Neighbor Bank's Greenup facility is now open. However, the phones are still not working. They're working on getting that fixed. The branch was forced to close after a ...
Apr 18, 2019
Illinois schools receiving 5,000 trees from IDOT
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation is once again distributing 5,000 seedlings to schools throughout the state this week in cooperation with Living Lands & Waters in honor of E...
Apr 18, 2019
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