Category Archives: Local News

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois, east central Illinois, southeast Illinois and west central Illinois including Cass-Champaign-Christian-Clark-Coles-Crawford-Cumberla...

Traffic will be reduced to one lane on a stretch of road near Lerna beginning Thursday (6/21), weather permitting. The Coles County Highway Department says work will take place from the east edge of t...

A benefit for Richard Huckstep will be held this Saturday (6/23) at the Sullivan American Legion. Dinner will be served at 5:00, followed by live and silent auctions, 50/50 raffle, bake sale and a raf...

Chillicothe Post Office Named For Fallen Navy SEAL (Chillicothe, IL) -- Fallen Navy SEAL Ryan Owens will live on in Chillicothe, Illinois. Postal officials yesterday dedicated the Post Office in the s...

SIU Trustees To Meet To Decide President's Fate (Carbondale, IL) -- Trustees at Southern Illinois University are looking to possibly move the school's president out. Trustees are scheduled to meet in ...

Illinois Expanding Medicaid Program To Cover Adult Dental Care (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' Medicaid program is growing again. The new state budget includes an expansion that will provide about a ha...

Governor Rauner To Get Medical Marijuana Expansion Legislation (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner will likely decide soon if people in the state can swap opioid pain pills for medical...

Rockford Cleaning-Up After Flash Flooding (Rockford, IL) -- There's plenty to clean-up in Rockford after a band of heavy rain lead to flash flooding. Rockford Police said three to four inches of rain ...

Effingham County Declares Itself A Sanctuary For the Unborn (Effingham, IL) -- Effingham County leaders are taking another conservative stance. The county board last night approved a resolution declar...

The Sew Happy Hearts quilt show will be held in the former Neoga Grade School June 22nd from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and June 23rd from 10:00-2:00. In addition to the beautiful quilts, wall hangings ...