Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release Illinois Unemployment Rate Matches Lowest on Record CHICAGO-The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent i...

From Illinois State Police: As of 11:27 a.m. on Thursday, September 20th, Traffic is backed up on I-70 eastbound from the south tri-level to milepost 86. At this time, the congestion is believed to be...

The Strasburg Lions Club is sponsoring a community weenie roast on Friday, September 28th at the Strasburg Park beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Lion's Club will furnish the hot dogs, buns, chips, condiment...

For Immediate Release Red Cross: Blood, platelet donations needed in wake of Hurricane Florence As the American Red Cross responds to Hurricane Florence, providing food, shelter and comfort to those a...

UPDATED: 4 Dead At Workplace Shooting In Maryland (Aberdeen, MD) -- Police say four people are dead, including the shooter, in a workplace shooting in Aberdeen, Maryland. Harford County Sheriff Jeffre...

Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service for Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morg...

Five Police Officers Shot Across Nation (Undated) -- Five police officers are recovering from three separate shooting incidents across the country. In Los Angeles, two deputies were injured in a shoot...

NM Observatory Shutdown Tied To Child Porn Investigation (Sunspot, NM) -- It turns out a child pornography investigation is the reason for the shutdown of a solar observatory in New Mexico. The Nation...

Mendocino County Fire Is Contained (Undated) -- California's largest wildfire ever is finally contained. The Forest Service announced that the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California reached 100...

Senator Dick Durbin Hopes President Will Sign Opioid Treatment Plan (Rock Island, IL) -- Illinois' senior U.S. Senator says President Trump needs to fight the nation's opioid crisis like past presiden...