Category Archives: Local News

UPDATED: No Motive, No Suspect ID In Newsroom Shooting In Annapolis (Annapolis, MD) -- There's still no word on a motive behind today's deadly shooting at the "Capital Gazette" newsroom in Annapolis, ...

For Immediate Release - from the Governor's Office CHICAGO (June 28, 2018) - Gov. Bruce Rauner today named retiring Illinois State Representative Robert W. Pritchard to the Northern Illinois Universit...

(Springfield, IL) - With summer in full swing so are summer activities. The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) would like to remind residents to be safe this summer. "Safety should always be a pr...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE URGES RESPONSIBLE DRIVING THIS HOLIDAY PERIOD Pestoum, IL - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, would like to remind moto...

SPRINGFIELD - Fire up the grill, whip up the potato salad, and know how to keep food safe for the Fourth of July holiday. Whether you're grilling out, packing a picnic, or getting a snack together to ...

The Lake Land College John Deere Tech program welcomed 14 new technicians to the field at its annual graduation recognition banquet. The John Deere Tech program, offered jointly by John Deere Company ...

According to a press release from Mattoon Police Chief Jason Taylor, at approximately 8:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to the 2500 block of Commercial Ave, in reference to a suicidal man in a house ...

The Douglas-Hart Nature Center will be hosting a Youth Field Day on June 30th beginning at 8:30 am. Participants will rotate through stations led by area naturalists. Stations feature fun, hands-on, a...

Celebrate an old-fashioned Independence Day at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site this Saturday (6/30) from 1:00-4:00 p.m. The day will feature a reading of the Declaration of Independence; a patri...

Investigators say a former Illinois State trooper contacted a possible prostitute while on duty. 49-year-old Leonard Kirkpatrick, of Charleston, faces two charges of official misconduct, which are bot...