Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Free lunch and learn on Navigating Public Transportation to be conducted by Rides Mass Transit in partnership with HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital (NEWTON, IL) - On Friday, ...

For Immediate Release Entertainment Legend Snoop Dogg to Headline Illinois State Fair SPRINGFIELD, IL - Rap icon Snoop Dogg is coming to the 2019 Illinois State Fair! Snoop Dogg and Friends will perfo...

Special Needs School Bus Driver Overdoses, Crashes Police in Newark, New Jersey used Narcan to revive a school bus driver after her bus, with a dozen special-needs children on board, hit a tree. Autho...

CDC Reports Chronic Wasting Disease In Central Illinois (Washington, D.C.) -- The CDC is confirming CWD in central Illinois. Federal regulators yesterday released a list of counties with confirmed cas...

For Immediate Release Sarah Bush Lincoln Receives National Recognition for Perioperative Nursing Certification Sarah Bush Lincoln is pleased to announce it has recently earned the CNOR Strong designat...

For Immediate Release - State Senator Dale Righter Righter reacts to Governor Pritzker's Budget Address Springfield, ILL-Before members of both the Illinois House and Senate, newly-elected Governor JB...

For Immediate Release - Representative Chris Miller Governor's Budget "Up in Smoke" with Items That Promote Drugs & Gambling and Attack Families SPRINGFIELD, IL...First-term Rep. Chris Miller (R-O...

Sarah Bush Lincoln's Mobile Mammography Services will be hitting the road around the area. The van will be at: SBL Charleston Family Practice on March 7th; Mattoon Rural King (Cross County Mall locati...

(Chicago, IL) -- Empire actor Jussie Smollett is being charged for filing a false police report over claims he was the victim of a racist and homophobic assault. A Cook County grand jury indicted him ...

Three teens have been arrested in connection with a burglary at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Effingham. A 14-year-old from Altamont has been charged with attempted arson, burglary, and criminal dama...