Category Archives: Local News

The inaugural Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance Banquet will be held at the Sullivan VFW on February 23rd. The evening will include a steak or chicken dinner, raffles, live and silent auctions an...

The Effingham VFW's next $6.00 meal will be February 15th from 5:00-6:30, with proceeds benefitting local food pantries. Enjoy chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, deviled eggs, dessert and...

Mason Christian Church will have an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet this Saturday (2/9) from 7:00-11:00 a.m. The menu will feature pancakes, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, and homemade cinnamon ...

The Stewardson Lions Club's soup supper that was postponed last month will be held this Sunday (2/10) at the community center. In addition to soup, they'll have grilled cheese sandwiches, hot dogs, de...

For Immediate Release Righter opposes massive minimum wage increase Springfield, IL-On February 7, the Democrat-majority in the Senate passed a costly 15 dollar minimum wage increase to be phased in o...

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-S...

Lake Land College announces part-time fall semester honors list Lake Land College is proud to announce that nearly 2,000 full-time and part-time students earned academic honors for the 2018 fall semes...

For Immediate Release Pentatonix Returns To Illinois State Fair with Special Guest Rachel Platten SPRINGFIELD, IL - Three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-Platinum-selling a capella group Pentatoni...

For Immediate Release National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day SPRINGFIELD - National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is celebrated February 7 every year to help end the stigma and mobilize communities to g...

The Arcola Alumni Association is accepting nominations for 2019 Arcola High School Distinguished Alumni honorees. Nomination forms are available at First Mid Bank and Trust in Arcola, or arcolaalumni....