Category Archives: Local News

Books and Babies will resume at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Thursdays, at 10:30-11:00 from February 14th through April 25th, in the Craft Room. There will be no program March 14th for Sp...

The Cook Mills Fire Protection District has announced on Facebook that they will be opening their doors to those who have found themselves without power or without a heater. "The fire station will be ...

Polar Vortex Cancels Hundreds Of Flights (Chicago, IL) -- Brutal arctic weather gripping the Midwest is causing thousands of flights to be canceled or delayed. According to Flightaware, nearly 25-hund...

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Cass-Champaign-Christian-Clark-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-De Witt- Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Fulton-Jasper-Knox-Logan-Macon-Marshal...

For Immediate Release SBL AdvantAge 50 Kickoff Party Set The seventh annual SBL AdvantAge 50 "Kickoff Party" is set for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, in the Lumpkin Center for Health Education on th...

Mike Madigan: I Don't Think I Am Under Federal Investigation (Springfield, IL) -- The most powerful Democrat at the Illinois Capitol doesn't think he's under federal investigation. House Speaker Mike ...

Illinois Governor Issues Disaster Proclamation For Cold (Springfield, IL) -- The state of Illinois is on standby for the bitter cold. Governor J.B. Pritzker yesterday issued a disaster declaration and...

Shooting Suspect Fled To Saudi Arabia (Danville, IL) -- The sheriff in Vermilion County says there's nothing he can do to get the suspect in a shooting from earlier this month. Investigators say 20-ye...

Quincy's Mayor Talks About Worker Shortage With President Trump (Quincy, IL) -- Quincy's mayor says he hopes something comes of his conversation with President Trump about the need for skilled workers...

The Wind Chill Advisory issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect until 9am Thursday, January 31st for Clay, Richland and Lawrence counties. *WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL...