Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Horizon Health Offers Programs for Parkinson's Disease (Paris, Ill.)-Two programs at Horizon Health are helping individuals with Parkinson's disease improve their quality of life...

The investigation into a death at the Tuscola Dairy Queen continues. Witnesses say they heard a gunshot, and the Douglas County Coroner's office has confirmed that one person died. No additional infor...

For Immediate Release Work on Illinois 121 Begins Oct. 15 MATTOON - The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that work to improve the Eastern Illinois Railroad crossing on Illinois 121, 8 m...

Hurricane Michael Now Cat 2 Storm (Undated) -- Hurricane Michael is now a Category 2 storm. The National Hurricane Center's latest advisory has Michael with maximum sustained winds at 100 miles-per-ho...

WIU Unveils New Cost-Cutting Program (Macomb, IL) -- Students at Western Illinois University already pay the same rate for tuition for all fours years of school, now they will pay the same rate for a ...

SIU Documents Question Former President, Recruitment Effort (Carbondale, IL) -- Some leaders at Southern Illinois University are blaming another year of low enrollment, in part, on the school's former...

Governor Rauner Still Opposed To Recreational Marijuana (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he's glad he signed a law to allow people to swap an opioid prescription for a medical ...

Alligator Found In Lake Michigan (Waukegan, IL) -- It's not a tornado full of sharks, but it is one of those headlines that will make you scratch your head. Waukegan Police say they found an alligator...

Rauner, Pritzker To Face Each Other Twice This Week (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois voters will get two chances to see Governor Rauner and J.B. Pritzker answer questions at the same time, in the same room t...

Hurricane Michael State Of Emergency Includes 35 Counties (Tallahassee, FL) -- More than half of Florida's counties are now under a state of emergency as Hurricane Michael approaches. Yesterday, Gover...