Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Illinois Payrolls at Record High in January CHICAGO-The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in January, u...

Heart Attacks Spike After DST (Undated) -- More people will have heart attacks today. Every Monday after Daylight Saving Time goes into effect, there's around a 24 percent jump in heart attack cases r...

Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters' annual Bowl for Kids' Sake will be April 3rd through 5th at Mattoon Lanes. Register your team today at give.classy.org/midilbfks, or call 217-348-8741.

Airliners Reviewing Boeing Planes After Ethiopia Crash (Undated) -- Airlines around the world are grounding their Boeing 737 Max 8 planes following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet that killed 1...

Chef Boyardee Product Recalled Over Misbranding (Chicago, IL) -- Nearly 29-hundred pounds of Conagra Brands food is being recalled due to undeclared and misbranding allergens. The Department of Agricu...

Powerball Jackpot Worth $448 Million (Undated) -- There was no winner in Saturday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot up to 448 million dollars. The drawing for that takes place on Wednesday with...

Downstate Mayors Want Pension Reform (Springfield, IL) -- The state of Illinois' pension problems are not the only pension worries in the state. The Illinois Municipal League and a number of downstate...

Illinois Governor Sells Tax Changes In Quad Cities (Moline, IL) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says his progressive income tax will not chase businesses out of the state. The governor was in Moline ...

Missing Southern Illinois Woman Died Of Exposure (Harrisburg, IL) -- Authorities say a missing southern Illinois woman died of exposure. Gallatin County Coroner Tony Cox said over the weekend that 19-...

(Chicago, IL) -- Cook County officials are announcing a grand jury returned a 16-count indictment against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. The actor had claimed he was the victim of a hate crime attack...