Category Archives: Local News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ANNOUNCE THE USE OF ROADSIDE SAFETY CHECKS EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will cond...

Walmart Launches Text Shopping Service (New York, NY) -- Walmart is kicking off a text shopping service. The service is called Jetblack and allows shoppers to order items by text and promises same-day...

Study: U.S. Teens Leaving Facebook For YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat (Undated) -- American teenagers are bailing on Facebook. A new Pew Research Center study finds only 51-percent of U.S. teens use Fac...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TO CONDUCT ALCOHOL COUNTERMEASURE ENFORCEMENT PATROLS EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the IS...

SPRINGFIELD - As concerns for declining pollinator species continue to buzz throughout the country, the Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding the public of a change in mowing operations d...

UPDATED: According to an email from the Illinois State Police at 2:35pm on Friday, June 1, 2018, I-57 is open again.   According to an email from the Illinois State Police (12:40pm, Friday, June ...

Drama Teacher From Marjory Stoneman Douglas High To Receive Special Tony Award (Broward County, FL) -- A drama teacher who saved students' lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida is b...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TO CONDUCT OCCUPANT RESTRAINT ENFORCEMENT PATROLS EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP wi...

Hawaii Authorities: Evacuate Or Get Arrested (Hawaii County, HI) -- Residents defying mandatory evacuation orders due to lava flows from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could get arrested. Authorities on the...

(Charleston, IL) Earlier this spring, Eastern Illinois University music student Ben Damann won the Allen Strange Memorial Award for his work "Sarin," a compositional piece for flute, narrator, and com...