Category Archives: Local News

(EFFINGHAM, IL) - HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital is encouraging everyone to commit or recommit to healthy, smoke-free lives by participating in the American Cancer Society's 43rd Great American ...

Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL Issued by National Weather Service Chicago IL 1103 AM CST Tue Nov 6 2018 ILZ038-043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-071...

Rantoul Student Removed From School For BB Gun (Rantoul, IL) -- A central Illinois high school student is looking at charges after police say he brought a BB gun to school. Rantoul Police say they got...

Voters In Illinois Can Finally Head To The Polls (Springfield, IL) -- Election Day is finally here. Polls in Illinois are open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Illinois State Board of Elections says as lo...

The Mattoon High School chess team is selling St. Louis Cardinals calendars. The calendars have spring training and regular season schedules, pictures of players, and several St. Louis area coupons. O...

Lake Land College is offering a new plastics manufacturing program this spring in Paris. The evening courses will be held exclusively at the VoTech Center, the old high school. Students will be able t...

Lincoln Prison Chaplain Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit (Springfield, IL) -- A prison chaplain from central Illinois is pushing ahead with a federal discrimination lawsuit against the state. Coll...

President Obama, Speaker Ryan Among Big Names Campaigning In Illinois (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois voters are hearing from some of the nation's most popular leaders as they get ready to head to the polls...

Report: Illinois Comptroller To Run For Chicago Mayor (Chicago, IL) -- The woman who pays Illinois' bills may not be long for her job. Comptroller Susana Mendoza is on tomorrow's ballot as she's runni...

Quad Cities State Senate Race Second Most Expensive In Illinois (Springfield, IL) -- It's not just Illinois' race for governor that is racking up a huge price tag. Numbers from the Illinois State Boar...