Category Archives: Local News

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library's Make and Take will be taking place on Saturday, November 10th, from 10:30am-4:00pm, or while supplies last, in the KidSpace Atrium. Kids under eight, please br...

Two of Illinois' most popular state parks are getting a little bigger. Governor Rauner announced the state is buying just over 26 hundred acres of land to expand Starved Rock and Matthiessen state par...

(Undated) -- Digital access is affecting the success of young people in school. A Pew Research study reports that 15 percent of all teens live in households without high-speed internet, and 17 percent...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Brian Dozier swung bananas from a rope over the dugout railing. How appropriate. The longest game in World Series was bananas. Twenty-three players on each team, including nine pitche...

According to a listener report, at 3pm on Friday, October 26, you will want to avoid Route 45 between Dorans and LSC Communications. There has been an accident with a power line down across the road.

Possible Suspect In Bomb Probe Reportedly Detained (Plantation, FL) -- A suspect in the slew of suspected mail bombs is under arrested and will be facing federal charges. Aerial footage shows streets ...

Illinois Appeals Court Wants Governor, AFSCME To Keep Negotiating (Springfield, IL) -- An Illinois appeals court wants Governor Rauner to keep talking to the state's largest public employee union. The...

Illinois A-G Talks To Lawyers For Quincy Vet Home Grand Jury (Quincy, IL) -- A handful of lawyers with the Illinois Attorney General's office are among the first to appear before the grand jury lookin...

Several Teachers Reject Endorsement Of Southern Illinois' Congressman (Carbondale, IL) -- The Illinois Education Association is backing southern Illinois' Republican congressman, but a number of local...

No Word When Warren County Jail May Reopen (Monmouth, IL) -- Warren County has some new jail guards on the job, but the county still doesn't have any inmates. Sheriff Martin Edwards yesterday said he ...