Category Archives: Local News

Fundraising For Texas Senate Race Tops $100M (Austin, TX) -- Total fundraising by the two Texas candidates for the U.S. Senate is now over 100-million-dollars. As of Thursday, the latest reporting dea...

Hurricane Oscar Not Expected To Threaten US (Undated) -- The eighth hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season is not expected to threaten the U.S. mainland. Hurricane Oscar is churning several hundre...

Red Sox Manager Says Team Will Talk About White House Visit (Undated) -- The manager of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox says the team hasn't decided whether to visit President Trump at the Wh...

Report: Megyn Kelly Morning Show Not Returning (New York, NY) -- NBC is moving on without Megyn Kelly. A spokesperson for the network says "'Megyn Kelly Today' is not returning" and that TODAY co-anch...

Willard Airport Officials Launch New "Fly Local" Campaign (Champaign, IL) -- Willard Airport officials are hoping to recruit more big-name airlines this week to offer flights to and from Champaign. Th...

Trump Rallies In Southern IL After Pittsburgh Shooting (Murphysboro, IL) -- President Trump says he toned down his rhetoric at a rally in Murphysboro over the weekend in light of the deadly mass shoot...

Bank Forecloses On Lincoln Grand 8 Theater (Lincoln, IL) -- Regions Bank is foreclosing on the iconic Lincoln Grand 8 Theater. Documents show the theater owes nearly 4-million dollars in loan payments...

UI Jewish Group Sends Letters To Pittsburgh Synagogue (Champaign, IL) -- Members of the Jewish Cohen Hillel community at University of Illinois are sending letters of encouragement to Pittsburgh. The ...

Burst Pipe Cancels Classes At Mahomet Elementary School (Mahomet, IL) -- School is canceled today at Lincoln Trail Elementary School in Mahomet. District officials say a pipe burst over the weekend, l...

Trans Rights Activists Rally In Decatur (Decatur, IL) -- A group of activists in Decatur is rallying against the federal government's proposed changes to the definition of gender. Demonstrators marche...