Category Archives: Local News

(Detroit, MI) -- A number of sources have confirmed that legendary singer Aretha Franklin is gravely ill. The Detroit native is said to be in hospice care and her family is asking fans to pray for her...

(Nashville, TN) -- The accused Tennessee Waffle House shooter may not face a murder trial following his mental evaluation. It has been found that Travis Reinking may be mentally incompetent, which cou...

(Merriam, KS) -- The company that makes Lee and Wrangler jeans is getting out of the denim business. VF Corporation announced today it is splitting off its denim lines and will focus instead on its fa...

According to a recent press release from Illinois State Police District 10, Saturday, August 11th Jamal Holloway of Memphis, TN was northbound along I-57 near milepost 227 in Champaign County when his...

According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Martin Luther King Bridge in St. Louis will closing August 20th for extensive repairs that will keep the bridge out of service until fall of...

(New York, NY) -- A new report finds nearly ten-thousand people have been diagnosed with 9/11-related cancers linked to the toxic dust at Ground Zero. The New York Post reports the federal World Trade...

(Bethlehem, PA) -- People who get round-the-clock work emails may be hurting their health. A study by Lehigh University finds that the anxiety produced by the constant emails not only decreases relati...

Chicago, IL - State Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) announced August 13 that he will ask Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) to give the appropriate Senate committee subpoena power, in order to ...

Five-day bicycle ride to travel through the heart of central Illinois ag-country SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Agriculture has teamed up with Bicycle Illinois and the Springfield Bicycl...

The Special Olympics Family Festival returns to Lake Land College September 15th. Over twelve-hundred volunteers are needed to make this amazing day a success. You can be a part of the carnival of fun...