Category Archives: Local News

SIU Trustees Hope For New President By Fall Of 2019 (Carbondale, IL) -- Leaders at Southern Illinois University hope to have a new president by the fall of 2019. SIU Trustees yesterday said they will ...

Galesburg Police Say Goodbye To Police Dog Battling Leukemia (Galesburg, IL) -- Law enforcement officers from across Knox County said a sad goodbye to one of their own. More than a dozen officers stoo...

Tennessee Waffle House Suspect Found Unfit For Trial (Nashville, TN) -- The central Illinois man accused of shooting up a Tennessee Waffle House won't be going to trial anytime soon. The Tennessean ye...

A Neoga man faces retail theft charges following his arrest in Effingham. According to the Charleston Police Department, 28-year-old Dustin Drum was seen on video surveillance entering Walmart and rem...

The Coles County Board voted in favor of gun rights last night. On a 7 to 4 vote, members approved the referendum question, "Should the Illinois General Assembly pass legislation protecting a citizen'...

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

The investigation into a Mattoon man's death continues. The Mattoon Police Department's CSI Division and Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers were on scene yesterday (August 14, 2018) at the Shelby Avenue...

According to the Illinois State Police, 21-year-old Megan Scarlett, of Cowden was on a rural road in Shelby County and did not give appropriate room for an oncoming vehicle driven by 39-year-old Jacob...

Illinois State Police is currently investigating a traffic crash on Interstate 70 Eastbound at milepost 102 in Effingham County. Both lanes of Interstate 70 are currently shut down. All Eastbound traf...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Blackhawks are still a popular team despite not making the playoffs last season. The Hawks will play on national TV 19 times during the upcoming season. That is more than any othe...