Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Gov. Pritzker and AG Raoul Issue Joint Statement on Sterigenics Facility Governor JB Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following joint statement about ongoing ...

For Immediate Release Recognition for Illinois History as 30 Sites Are Added to the National Register of Historic Places SPRINGFIELD, IL - The efforts of Illinois historic preservation advocates to pr...

For Immediate Release Lake Land College announces full-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 f...

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for Lawrence-Crawford-Jasper-Clark-Richland-Cumberland-Clay-Effingham counties until 4:45pm this afternoon (Thursday, February 7) * At 1041 AM C...

UPDATED: Friday, Februay 15 at 11:15am: According to Ed Dowd's (Mattoon Chamber of Commerce Executive Director's) Facebook page, Mattoon in Motion has won the $250,000 grant. Thank you for voting for ...

Report: International Student Enrollment Down For Second Year (undated) -- The number of international students enrolling in U.S. grad schools is down for a second year in a row. A new report by the C...

Illinois Senators Put 15-Dollar Minimum Wage On Fast Track (Springfield, IL) -- Some Illinois lawmakers hope to pass a new minimum wage law by the end of the month. The Illinois Senate yesterday put t...

More Ice, Freezing Rain In The Forecast (Davenport, IA) -- Winter just won't stop for some folks in northern and western Illinois. The National Weather Service is leaving a winter weather advisory in ...

Illinois Public Schools Will See Slightly Different State Test (Springfield, IL) -- Nearly two-million school kids in Illinois should spend less time taking the state's standardized test next month. T...

Lake Land College's Adult Education is offering GED classes throughout the Lake Land College district beginning the first week of March. Classes are 100 percent federally funded thanks to the U.S. Dep...