Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Pharmacies Blaming Medicaid For Financial Trouble (Undated) -- The Illinois Pharmacists Association says low Medicaid reimbursements from the state are putting pharmacies out of business. Ele...

State Board Of Ed. Releases 2018 Report Card (Undated) -- Things are improving at Illinois public schools. That's at least according to data from the 2018 Illinois Board of Education Report Card, whic...

State's Highest-Paid Superintendent Fired (Calumet City, IL) -- The highest-paid public schools superintendent in Illinois is being fired just days before he was set to retire. The Calumet City School...

IDOT Tackles Distracted Driving In New Summit (Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Transportation is trying to reduce the number of fatal traffic accidents. The department held its first ev...

Marion VA To Host Prayer Event (Marion, IL) -- The Marion VA hospital is planning a National Day of Prayer and Reflection tomorrow for vets and their families. Organizers say it will start at noon and...

Missing Professor's Body Found (Peoria County, IL) -- Police believe they've found the bodies of the Bradley University professor and her husband who were allegedly murdered by their son last week. In...

Two Shootings In One Day In Champaign (Champaign, IL) -- Police in Champaign are on high alert after two shootings in one day. Officers found a man with several gunshot wounds in a car near Wesley Par...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library will be holding a Grandma's Got Gmail Open House on Friday, November 9th from 2:00 to 3:30pm. Volunteers from Eastern Illinois University's Civic Engagement and ...

A man from Noble suffered serious injuries in an ATV accident yesterday in Clay County. According to the Illinois State Police, 45-year-old Daniel Martin was northbound on Main Street in Clay City whe...

For Immediate Release Summit spotlights distracted driving dangers, looks to develop solutions to traffic safety issues SPRINGFIELD -The Illinois Department of Transportation today convened its first ...