Category Archives: Local News

HUD To Tear Down Two Housing Complexes In Cairo (Cairo, IL) -- The old and decrepit housing complexes in far southern Illinois will be a pile of bricks and boards soon. The Department of Housing and U...

Illinois' Swift Boat Team Busy In Hurricane Florence Flooding (Reigelwood, NC) -- The 13 members of Illinois' elite river rescue team have taken 14 people in North Carolina to safety. And they've been...

Illinois and Indiana Included In Ground Beef Recall (Springfield, IL) -- Federal regulators want you to check your freezer for possibly tainted ground beef. Illinois and Indiana, are both impacted by ...

Bustos Farm Bill Priority: Don't Touch Crop Insurance (Rock Island, IL) -- The Quad Cities' Democratic congresswoman says protecting crop insurance is her top priority. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is o...

Lincoln Artifact Curator Out Amid Questions About Multi-Million Dollar Hat (Springfield, IL) -- The man in charge of Abraham Lincoln artifacts at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum is out of a jo...

State Rep. Jerry Long Offers Harassment Explanation (Ottawa, IL) -- Central Illinois Republican Jerry Long still says he did nothing wrong. Long, who is facing charges of workplace harassment from one...

Applications for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will be accepted starting October 1st. The program is open to seniors and those with disabilities who meet the required guidelin...

Trivia night, to benefit the Charleston Carnegie Public Library's KidSpace programming will be held October 3rd from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Brick House Bar and Grill. Cost is 10-dollars per person and ...

For Immediate Release Community Choir 2018 The Lake Land College Community Choir will begin its fall rehearsals Tuesday, Sept. 25. Rehearsals are held on Tuesday nights in the Lake Land College Theate...

The death of an elderly Effingham man appears to have been a suicide. Effingham Police were conducting a welfare check at the home of 78-year-old Wayne Rabe and upon arrival, found Rabe dead in the ga...