Category Archives: Local News

Plan To Repeal Illinois Parental Notification Abortion Law Advances (Springfield, IL) -- The Democrat who's shepherding a plan to rollback Illinois' law that requires teens to tell their parents befor...

HUD Picks Company To Demolish Cairo Housing Complexes (Cairo, IL) -- The decrepit Elmwood and McBride public housing complexes in Cairo will be gone by the fall. HUD yesterday announced a company out ...

Lawyers To Release Illinois Priest Abuse List (Chicago, IL) -- Lawyers for the victims of Catholic priest abuse are ready to share their list of nearly 400 accused priests. The list covers all six Ill...

Illinois Medical Marijuana Growers Say They Can Handle Legal Pot Too (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' medical marijuana growers say they can handle legal, recreational pot as well. The group that repres...

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man Accused Of Killing Northern Illinois Deputy (Rockford, IL) -- The suspect in the murder of a northern Illinois deputy is facing federal charges. A grand jury yesterday i...

Tomorrow's Powerball jackpot is over a half-billion-dollars. After no winning ticket was sold in the previous drawing last weekend, the jackpot soared to 550-million-dollars. If a winner chooses to ta...

A Paris man is accused of pinning an Indiana police officer between two cars while intoxicated. 49-year-old Craig Boradach was reportedly driving "all over the roadway" in Vermillion County, Indiana. ...

Lake Land College and Eastern Illinois Education for Employment will present an informational session for high school administrators, parents and students interested in automotive technology and desig...

The first Land of Lincoln Honor Flight of 2019 will depart Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport on April 2nd. 83 veterans from area communities, including Charleston, Effingham, Dieterich, Kansas, Newton, ...

The Brick House Bar and Grill in Charleston will be hosting a trivia night to benefit One Stop Community Christmas on April 3rd. Teams can consist of 1 to 8 people and there is an entry fee of $10 dol...