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Two Men Charged with Residential Burglary
According to a press release from MPD, Mattoon Police arrested Bowen E.T. Sidwell, 18 years of age of Neoga, IL, as well as Michael J. Vance, 21 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Residential...
Jul 03, 2018 Bowen E.T. Sidwell. Photo submitted by Mattoon Police Department.
Trump Orders Flags To Half-Staff For "Capital Gazette" Victims
Trump Orders Flags To Half-Staff For "Capital Gazette" Victims (Washington, DC) -- President Trump is ordering the lowering of American flags nationwide for those killed in the "Capital Gazette" shoot...
Jul 03, 2018 Bart Everson / CC
Effingham Man Dies on Kaskaskia River
An Effingham man died while trying to save a fellow kayaker. According to reports, 35-year-old Wallace Darkow, Jr. was trying to rescue a woman after they got caught in a bad current on the Kaskaskia ...
Jul 03, 2018
Emergency department entrance to be temporarily relocated at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, starting July 9
For Immediate Release (EFFINGHAM, IL) - As HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital continues its phased renovation of the Emergency department, there will be a temporary relocation of the Emergency entra...
Jul 03, 2018 HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital is temporarily relocating its Emergency entrance for five weeks, starting Monday, July 9, to allow for renovation of the entrance corridor. The new temporary entrance will be the glass door next to the ambulance garage exit doors (east of the ambulance garage). Photo submitted by HSHS St. Anthony Memorial Hospital.
Follow-Up Samples from the Illinois River Show No Microcystins
SPRINGFIELD - Follow-up samples collected in the Illinois River last week showed no evidence of the algal toxin, microcystin, including samples collected near Hennepin and Marseilles. Previous samples...
Jul 03, 2018
Former Congressman Schock Wants Trial Frozen
Former Congressman Schock Wants Trial Frozen (Urbana, IL) -- Former central Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock wants a judge to freeze his federal corruption trial. Schock's lawyers filed a motion yest...
Jul 03, 2018 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
Sam McCann Likely To Stay On November Ballot
Sam McCann Likely To Stay On November Ballot (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' other candidates for governor will likely be on the ballot in November. The Illinois Republican Party yesterday said they wi...
Jul 03, 2018
Northwestern Illinois Teen Held In Mother's Murder Appears In Court
Northwestern Illinois Teen Held In Mother's Murder Appears In Court (Morrison, IL) -- The northwestern Illinois teen charged with killing her mother and trying to burn down her house is due back in co...
Jul 03, 2018
Southern Illinois Lawmakers Push To Oust SIU President
Southern Illinois Lawmakers Push To Oust SIU President (Carbondale, IL) -- Several southern Illinois lawmakers say it's time for Southern Illinois University to get a new president. State Rep Dave Sev...
Jul 03, 2018
National Weather Service: Heat Advisory for Our Illinois Listening Area
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-J...
Jul 03, 2018
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