Category Archives: Local News

Large Fire Breaks Out At Hay Farm (Mendon, IL) -- Dozens of firefighters from several departments were called to battle a hay barn fire. It sparked Thursday night near Mendon in Adams County. Official...

Chicago Man Charged With Robbing Champaign Woman (Urbana, IL) -- A Chicago man is being accused of robbing a woman in Urbana. The suspect identified as 26-year-old Prez Lee Bailey Jr. was recently rel...

Three-Year-Old Girl In Critical Condition After Nearly Drowning (La Salle, IL) -- A three-year-old girl is in critical condition after almost drowning in a home pool in La Salle. Authorities arrived o...

Red Wolves Born At Miller Park Zoo (Bloomington, IL) -- The Miller Park Zoo is celebrating the birth of its second litter of Red Wolves. The three pups were born on April 25th and their birth marks th...

Trial Date For Aaron Schock May Be Decided Next Week (Peoria, IL) -- Court officials may set a trial date for the case against former Peoria Congressman Aaron Shock next week. U.S. District Judge Coli...

Applications for free school supplies through Effingham County FISH are due by July 31st. The program is open to kids entering kindergarten through 8th grade. Applications are available at the FISH Se...

SPRINGFIELD, IL, Friday, June 29, 2018-The Fourth of July holiday will soon be here and many of us will enjoy the outdoors, watch fireworks or host a family picnic. The American Red Cross wants everyo...

"Capital Gazette" Prints Friday Edition (Annapolis, MD) -- The "Capital Gazette" is making a powerful statement this morning following the deadly shooting that left five staff members dead and several...

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY for:   Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaig...

Two people were killed in an accident last night near St. Elmo. Illinois State Police say a tractor-trailer driven by Jerry Brown, of Atlanta, Georgia was parked on the shoulder of I-70 when a vehicle...