Category Archives: Local News

Lake Land College to host College Fair and Career Day More than 1,200 junior and senior high school students will have the opportunity to meet with more than 40 college representatives this year at th...

For Immediate Release Harmon Reminds Women to Have Annual Mammogram When you meet Pam Harmon, it is very likely that if you are a woman she'll ask if you've had your annual mammogram. At age 71, Harmo...

UPDATED: Cosby Learns Sentence (Norristown, PA) -- Bill Cosby is being sentenced to three to ten years in state prison. When handing down his sentence today, Judge Steven O'Neill said Cosby is "not pe...

A Strasburg teen was injured in an accident on Route 32 on Sunday. According to the Effingham County Sheriff's Department, 19-year-old Hannah Schumacher was northbound when she came up on a tractor. S...

No students were injured when a Nokomis teen rear-ended a school bus in Christian County this morning. The Christian County Sheriff's Department said the bus was stopped with warning lights activated ...

For Immediate Release SBL Bonutti Clinic Team Supporting Co-Worker For 20 years, Amanda Fitzmaurice has been supporting her peers in Occupational Medicine as a medical assistant at the Sarah Bush Linc...

UPDATED: According to the Illinois State Police, as of 1:35pm on Tuesday, September 25: All Lanes now open According to the Illinois State Police at 10:59am, Tuesday, September 25: "A traffic crash ha...

For Immediate Release HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital to hold blood drive October 16 (Effingham, IL) - HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital is sponsoring a Community Blood Services of Illinois (C...

A benefit for Michelle Cook will be held November 3rd from 4:00-10:00 p.m. at the Mattoon Eagles Club. They'll have activities for kids from 4:00-7:00, silent auction from 4:00-9:00, dinner will be se...

First Female Justice On U.S. Supreme Court Sworn In 37 Years Ago Today (Phoenix, AZ) -- Today is the first ever Sandra Day O'Connor Day in Arizona. It was on September 25th, 1981 that the Arizona judg...