Category Archives: Local News

Boy Scouts Get A Name Change To Include Girls (Irving, TX) -- The Boy Scouts of America is changing the name of its flagship program. The name "Boy Scouts" will become "Scouts BSA" in February of next...

The annual Toledo Clickers annual photo contest will be May 19th and 20th at the Toledo Life Center. Applications are rules are available by emailing Toledo.Clickers@gmail.com. The deadline is May 16t...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Two Illinois State Police troopers who died in the line of duty are being remembered for their service and commitment to the people of Illinois. Trooper Brian McMillen and Sergeant R...

NASA Robot To Drill Mars (Washington, DC) -- NASA is sending a robot to Mars to drill beneath the planet's surface. The Mars InSight spacecraft will launch early Saturday morning from Vandenberg Air F...

Missing Kayaker Found In Central Illinois River (Springfield, IL) -- The search for Shane Shomidie is over. Rescuers in Sangamon County yesterday say they found Shomidie's body near the bridge over th...

Illinois Mayors Push Not To Get Cut From State Budget (Springfield, IL) -- It's not that mayors across Illinois want more money from Springfield. It's that they don't want to get less. The mayors are ...

Illinois Democrat Says Governor Is In Denial Over Medicaid Changes (Springfield, IL) -- One west-central Illinois Democrat says Governor Rauner is in denial about what Medicaid changes in the state ar...

For Immediate Release: Office of the Governor Bruce Rauner Combined Veterans' Task Force submits final report to Governor and General Assembly SPRINGFIELD (May 1, 2018) - The Combined Veterans' Capita...

Dick Durbin Wants new E-Cigarette Regulations (Normal, IL) -- Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wants the government to get tougher on vaping and e-cigarettes. Durbin told a crowd in Bloomington-Norma...

First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust's acquisition of First BancTrust Corp. is now complete. Officials say that the acquisition represents approximately $479 million in total assets, $392 million in depo...