Category Archives: Local News

Peoria NAACP Reports Vandalism At Headquarters (Peoria, IL) -- Someone used a sticky foam to spray-paint the letters BS and HH on the headquarters of Peoria's NAACP. Local leaders found the graffiti F...

Illinois AG Candidates Not Sure On Quincy Home Investigation (Chicago, IL) -- The two candidates for Illinois Attorney General say they're not sure about the current attorney general's investigation i...

Flood Worries For Western Illinois (Davenport, IA) -- Forecasters are watching the rivers and streams from Galena to south of Peoria. The National Weather Service is leaving a flash flood watch in eff...

June Trial For Former West-Central Illinois Congressman (Urbana, IL) -- Aaron Schock is looking at a trial next June. A federal judge last week set Schock's trial for allegedly lying on Congressional ...

U Of I To Dedicate Garden To Kidnapped Chinese Scholar (Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois is getting ready to permanently remember Yingying Zhang. School leaders say they will dedicate a garde...

IDNR Takes Family's Pet Bobcat (Swansea, IL) -- You can have all the cats you want in Illinois, but not a bobcat. A Metro East family says they found that out after Illinois Conservation Police seized...

The Mattoon Fire Department will begin flow-testing and painting fire hydrants this week (10/8-12). The hydrants will be flowed between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During this time,...

Congressman John Shimkus is scheduled to present more than half a million dollars in federal grant awards today. $237-thousand dollars will go to the Ashmore Fire Protection District to help purchase ...

Charlie, a shih tzu puppy was lost Thursday in Mattoon. If you have any information on his whereabouts call 217-273-3835.

309 PM CDT Sun Oct 7 2018 National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the following counties: Coles-Cumberland-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Moultrie -Shelby-Vermilion   DAY ONE.....