Category Archives: Local News

National Weather Service: Special Weather Statement
The National Weather Service has issued a Special Weather Statement for Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass- Menard-S...
Renee Fonner Feb 18, 2019

Governor Pritzker Taps Lawmaker As Replacement VA Nominee
Governor Pritzker Taps Lawmaker As Replacement VA Nominee (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is trying again with a veterans affairs boss for the state. The governor on Friday nominate...
Renee Fonner Feb 18, 2019

Parts Of Southern Illinois Still Under A Flood Warning
Parts Of Southern Illinois Still Under A Flood Warning (Paducah, KY) -- This week's forecast isn't doing anyone near a river in southern Illinois any favors. The National Weather Service is leaving a ...
Renee Fonner Feb 18, 2019

Governor Pritzker's Budget Will Have More Needs Than Available Dollars
Governor Pritzker's Budget Will Have More Needs Than Available Dollars (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is going to disappoint some people when he delivers his first budget address t...
Renee Fonner Feb 18, 2019

More Measles Cases In Champaign-Urbana
More Measles Cases In Champaign-Urbana (Urbana, IL) -- Public health managers in Champaign-Urbana are confirming more measles cases. The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District on Saturday said one of...
Renee Fonner Feb 18, 2019

Temporary Lane Shut-Down on I-57, Milepost 256
From a recent email from Illinois State Police: District 10 Troopers are on the scene of a two vehicle crash with minor injuries located at I -57 S/B MP 256 with power lines down. Plans to restring th...
MyRadioLink Feb 15, 2019

Horizon Health Offers Healthcare Scholarships
For Immediate Release Horizon Health Offers Healthcare Scholarships (Paris, Ill.)-Horizon Health is offering $6,000 in scholarships to local students to further their education in the medical field. A...
Renee Fonner Feb 15, 2019

Fact vs. Fiction: Lincoln and Kennedy
For Immediate Release Fact vs. Fiction: Lincoln and Kennedy SPRINGFIELD - Do you know about all the "eerie parallels" between Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy? Elected 100 years apart, concerned with ...
Renee Fonner Feb 15, 2019 “Fact vs. Fiction: Lincoln and Kennedy” features Dr. Samuel Wheeler, the Illinois state historian, and John T. Shaw, author of two books on President Kennedy. Photo submitted by The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Police: Five Dead In Aurora Shooting
UPDATE: Aurora Shooter Was Being In Termination Meeting When Shooting Began (Aurora, IL) -- Police are claiming that the man they believe shot and killed five people at a Chicago area manufacturing pl...
Renee Fonner Feb 15, 2019

Time to register for spring semester eight-week classes at Lake Land College
For Immediate Release Time to register for spring semester eight-week classes at Lake Land College Ease into college or pick up some extra credits with an eight-week Mod II class this spring! Each sem...
Renee Fonner Feb 15, 2019


