Category Archives: Local News

Hurricane Lane Downgraded To Cat 2 (Honolulu, HI) -- Hurricane Lane is weakening as it dumps torrential rain on Hawaii. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu downgraded the storm to Categor...

Robin Leach Dead at 76 (Undated) -- Robin Leach has passed away. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that he died early this morning at 76-years old. His family says he has been hospitalized since No...

Senator John McCain To Discontinue Cancer Treatment (Phoenix, AZ) -- Arizona Senator John McCain says he's discontinuing his treatment for cancer. Last summer, the Republican revealed he was being tre...

Lake Land College Agriculture Program Receives National Recognition Lake Land College was one of six colleges in the nation to receive the NAAE Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program Award for ...

State Farm Closings Could Help Bloomington-Normal (Bloomington, IL) -- Florida's loss should be central Illinois' gain. State Farm Insurance yesterday said it will close an operating center in Jackson...

Two Teens Charged After Latest United Township High School Threat (East Moline, IL) -- Two teens, one from the Quad Cities and another from Germany, are facing charges after the latest threat to East ...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan To Investigate Clergy (Chicago, IL) -- Add Illinois' attorney general to the list of A-G's investigating the Catholic Church. Lisa Madigan's office yesterday con...

Chicago Federal Judge Appointed To Aaron Schock Case (Chicago, IL) -- A federal judge from Chicago will hear the evidence in Aaron Schock's corruption trial. The Seventh Circuit Court yesterday appoin...

Peoria Museum Sues To Get Pere Marquette Mural (Peoria, IL) -- A new owner will get Peoria's Pere Marquette Hotel, but the city's museum wants the hotel's mural. Back in July, the Peoria Riverfront Mu...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois and southeast Illinois including Champaign-Christian-Clark-Clay-Coles-Crawford-Cumberland-Douglas-Edgar-Effing...