Category Archives: Local News

Remain the life of the party, drive sober SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local law enforcement agencies remind motorists to drive sober t...

Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In New York (New York, NY) -- Someone is waking up this morning a whole lot richer after a winning Powerball ticket was sold in New York State. The jackpot for yesterday'...

Lake Land College is offering a Grant Writing 102 course that will go deeper into the basics of grant research and application writing. The two-day course will cover best practices for finding grants ...

Curbside Christmas tree pickup in Mattoon will be January 2nd through 4th. All live trees must be placed in front of your home by 7:00 a.m. on the 2nd. Trees must be free of ornaments, lights, stand a...

(New York, NY) -- Some football fans may not be able to watch some NFL playoff games on their home televisions next week. The ongoing discussions between Disney and Verizon over programming fees is th...

According to a recent email from Illinois State Police: Update: As of 3:00 p.m. the Traffic Crash on I-57 Southbound at milepost 225 has been cleared. Both lanes are back open.   Earlier: Trooper...

New York Has Highest Number Of Pay Phones In United States (Albany, NY) -- New York has the highest number of pay phones in the United States. The FCC says as of 2016, there were fewer than 100-thousa...

Illinois To Get 250 New Laws In New Year (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is adding hundreds of new laws on New Year's Day. Lawmakers approved, and Governor Rauner signed 250 new laws for 2019. The laws ...

Three People Shot In Champaign On Christmas Eve (Champaign, IL) -- Police in Champaign-Urbana are looking for answers after a trio of shootings sent three people to the hospital on Christmas Eve, All ...

Two Wounded In Peoria Christmas Day Shooting (Peoria, IL) -- Peoria Police don't have a lot of answers about a Christmas Day shooting that sent two people to the hospital. It happened not long after m...