Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Lawmakers Look At More Gambling (Springfield, IL) -- Can Illinois gamble its way out of its budget troubles? Illinois lawmakers last week met to talk about a gambling expansion proposal that ...

Eight Dead After Fire In Chicago's Little Village (Chicago, IL) -- Fire investigators in Chicago say they don't know yet what caused a fire that killed eight children in the city's Little Village neig...

Court Docs Give Glimpse At Evidence In U of I Scholar's Kidnapping (Urbana, IL) -- Court documents are providing a glimpse into the evidence against the man accused of kidnapping and killing a Chinese...

Galesburg Mall Down To Two Stores (Galesburg, IL) -- The mall in Galesburg is just one of many in Illinois that is losing stores, but may be the only one that has just two stores left. The Bergner's a...

Governor Rauner Signs Free School Lunch Law (Springfield, IL) -- School kids across Illinois will no longer miss lunch because they can't pay. Governor Bruce Rauner yesterday signed a new law that req...

For Immediate Release ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TO CONDUCT OCCUPANT RESTRAINT ENFORCEMENT PATROLS EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP wi...

If your kids are interested in competitive shooting, they're invited to get involved in the new Lincoln Heritage Pheasants Forever "Young Guns." Team members can compete in trap, skeet and sporting cl...

The 5th annual SACIS Take Back the Day 5k Run and Walk will be held September 29th at Sister City Park in Charleston. Advance registration is $20.00. Students and seniors can run or walk for $10.00, a...

(Santa Monica, CA) -- A lawsuit filed against the Beverly Hilton Hotel over an alleged potent potable is scheduled to proceed Tuesday at the Santa Monica Courthouse. The suit filed by Jeremy Cox and h...

American playwright Neil Simon is dead. Simon's publicist Bill Evans said he died last night at a Manhattan hospital in New York at the age of 91 due to complications from pneumonia. Simon's wife and ...