Category Archives: Local News

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library "Fun of Wheels" event will be held on Wednesday, October 17th from 10:30 - 11:30 in the south end of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library parking lot. Scooters...

The Effingham County Sportsman Club will host a Shoot for the Cure October 20th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Cost is $30 for 75 pink targets. $2.00 from each round will be donated to the local cancer s...

For Immediate Release Consolidated Communications Expands its Advanced Unified Communications Offering   MATTOON, Ill. - Oct. 8, 2018 - Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ: CNSL), a leading broad...

Six Minnesota Children Have Polio-Like Disease (Undated) -- Six Minnestoa children have a disease that's similar to polio. They've been diagnosed since mid-September with acute flaccid myelitis, a dis...

Florida Starting To Prepare For Tropical Storm Michael (Undated) -- Florida is preparing for Tropical Storm Michael. The storm is currently southwest of Cuba, but it's making its way north and is expe...

Barabara Bush Married (Kennebunkport, ME) -- Former first daughter Barbara Bush is married. The 36-year-old daughter of President George W. Bush exchanged vows Sunday with screenwriter Craig Coyne at ...

For Immediate Release Red Cross calls for winter heroes to host blood drives and save lives ST. LOUIS, Mo (Oct. 8, 2018) - Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. To help meet the constant ...

Illinois' U.S. Senators Look To Move Forward From Kavanaugh Nomination (Washington, D.C.) -- Both of Illinois' Democratic U.S. Senators say they are looking for a new path forward after the Brett Kava...

Dixon Police Officer Mark Dallas Named Officer Of The Year (Dixon, IL) -- The northwestern Illinois police officer who stopped Dixon High School's alleged school shooter is getting another honor. Dixo...

No Chief For This Year's U of I Homecoming? (Urbana, IL) -- University of Illinois Fighting Illini fans may not see the Chief at this year's homecoming parade. The Champaign News-Gazette reported yest...