Category Archives: Local News

University Of Missouri Student's Death Under Investigation (Columbia, MO) -- The death of a 19-year-old University of Missouri student is under investigation. University police say Boston Perry of Bet...

Champaign County Drug Bust Nabs Drugs, Guns (Champaign, IL) -- Authorities in Champaign County say more than a hundred pounds of pot and a handful of guns are off the streets. Police announced the bus...

Illinois Offering Furloughed Federal Workers Loans, Other Help (Springfield, IL) -- The state of Illinois is offering to help furloughed federal workers make it to payday. Governor Pritzker and Illino...

Another Illinois Veteran Has Died From Legionnaires (Manteno, IL) -- Another Illinois veteran has died from Legionnaires' Disease. Governor Pritzker's office yesterday said that the person who was con...

Governor Pritzker Signs Order Committing Illinois To Paris Climate Accord (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois' new governor is doing what he can to have Illinois live by the requirements of the Paris Climate Ac...

Truck Driver Sober In Deadly December I-74 Bus Crash (Peoria, IL) -- Investigators say the truck driver who smashed into a school bus last month in central Illinois was sober at the time. Peoria Count...

For Immediate Release Shelter Insurance Foundation and Shelter Agent Chris Clayton sponsor local high school scholarship. This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation will award a $2000 scholarship t...

The Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Boosters will have a cookout from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on February 8th at Beecher City High School. Pork burgers, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, baked beans and desserts will b...

Teens, in Middle School and High School, can create custom buttons in the Zone at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library on Tuesday, February 5th, 4:00-5:00pm. Limit of 2 buttons per student. This is ...

The numbers for Wednesday's Powerball drawing are out. They are 23-25-47-48-50 with the Powerball of 24. The estimated jackpot is 144-million dollars with a cash value of more than 86-million. ### Ken...