Category Archives: Local News

Crews Find Child's Body In Mississippi Riverfront (Muscatine, IA) -- The coroner in Muscatine, Iowa isn't saying if the body found in the Mississippi River is the missing two-year-old boy who drowned ...

Christensen Lawyers Defend Trump Meeting Info Request (Urbana, IL) -- Lawyers for the man accused of kidnapping a Chinese-born U of I scholar say they don't need all that much information from Preside...

Actress Charlotte Rae Dead At 92 (Los Angeles, CA) -- Actress Charlotte Rae, known for her character Mrs. Garrett on the shows Different Strokes and Facts of Life, is dead at 92. Her publicist said Ra...

Governor Signs New Rear-Facing Car Seat Law (Springfield, IL) -- Moms and dads are going to have to keep their rear-facing car seats for a little while longer. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Friday...

The Illinois Run for the Fallen will take place on Saturday, August 18th at the Charleston High School from 7am to 1pm. Run for the Fallen is a free, non-political event to Honor and Remember our Illi...

Bridge work will begin Monday (8/6) on Illinois 133, two-and-a-half miles east of Lovington. The existing bridge carrying 133 over Jonathon Branch is being removed, and it will be replaced with a box ...

Sir Patrick Stewart will be reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek: The Next Generation. The new series will be set after the show which ran from...

(Redding, CA) -- Another death is being attributed to the Carr Fire in Northern California. Pacific Gas and Electric says one of its crew members was killed near Redding doing repair work in a remote ...

Rural King has finalized its plans for the Cross County Mall and decided to move the Mattoon store to the former Sears location. The anticipated construction will begin next month and the company will...

Another outdoor conservation work day will be held at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Mattoon August 18th from 10:30 am to 12:30 p.m. They'll be tackling a variety of projects in conjunction with EIU Ju...