Category Archives: Local News

Horizon Health Offers Weight Loss Special for School Employees
For Immediate Release (Paris, Ill.)-As children return to the classroom this fall, Horizon Health's Medical Weight Loss Clinic is offering all area school employees an incentive to reassess their own ...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

Lake Shelbyville Youth Deer Hunt Applications Available
For Immediate Release Lake Shelbyville Youth Deer Hunt Applications Available Lake Shelbyville - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville will hold the 9th Annual Youth Firearm Deer Hunt o...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

Entrepreneur Offering Ice Cream And More For $60,000
Entrepreneur Offering Ice Cream And More For $60,000 (Undated) -- The old saying tells us we all scream for ice cream but the latest promotion from a specialty ice cream maker has a price that'll real...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

Mattoon Police Department will participate in an Illinois Saturation Saturday Initiative
For Immediate Release Mattoon Police Department will participate in an Illinois Saturation Saturday Initiative aimed at drunk drivers and alcohol related traffic offenses. Mattoon, IL. August 20, 2018...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

Arlington National Cemetery Bomb Threat
Arlington National Cemetery Bomb Threat (Arlington, VA) -- Arlington National Cemetery is being evacuated due to a bomb threat. The cemetery said on Twitter today that emergency responders are on the ...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

Girls on the Run Registration Open
Sign your girl up for Girls on the Run. Girls on the Run is a place where girls learn that they can. No limits. No constraints. Only opportunities to be remarkable. Twice a week for ten weeks your gir...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

No Injuries in Rollover Near Mattoon
There were no injuries in yesterday's rollover accident near Mattoon. According to the Illinois State Police, 32-year-old Brian Hang, of Bellingham, Washington was southbound on I-57 at milepost 192 w...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

AFSCME Fighting Peoria Plan To Furlough, Fire City Workers
AFSCME Fighting Peoria Plan To Furlough, Fire City Workers (Peoria, IL) -- The union that represents city workers in Peoria is fighting to keep everyone on the city's payroll. Peoria leaders are tryin...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

SIU Edwardsville Leaders Want Fair And Equal Funding
SIU Edwardsville Leaders Want Fair And Equal Funding (Edwardsville, IL) -- Leaders at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus want state lawmakers to do what university trustees won't: Treat ...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018

Illinois' Second State Fair Prepares To Open
Illinois' Second State Fair Prepares To Open (Du Quoin, IL) -- Illinois'' other state fair is about to open. Fair managers say they are getting ready to cut the ribbon at the Du Quoin State Fair ahead...
Renee Fonner Aug 22, 2018


