Category Archives: Local News

Illinois Senate Could Approve 63 Million-Dollar Back Pay Plan (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' stack of unpaid bills could soon get 63 million-dollars larger. The Illinois Senate is looking at a plan th...

Family of Murdered DCFS Worker Wants Answers From Lawmakers (Springfield, IL) -- The husband of a murdered DCFS worker wants to know why keeping people out of prison is more important than his wife. D...

Ford County Terror Suspects To Face Trial In Illinois First (Urbana, IL) -- Three central Illinois terror suspects will likely face a weapons trial in Illinois before heading to Minnesota to face bomb...

Winter Won't Let Go In Northwestern Illinois (Davenport, IA) -- Forecasters are once again talking about winter storms in northwestern Illinois. The National Weather Service is leaving a winter storm ...

Illinois Senate Panel Okays Local Assault Weapons Bans (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois cities are a step closer to being able to control who owns which guns inside their borders. An Illinois Senate pane...

IRS Grants Extension After Website Woes (Washington, DC) -- The IRS is giving taxpayers another day to file their taxes after technical difficulties on its website today. taxpayers don't need to do an...

The Lincoln Heritage Chapter of Pheasants Forever will have another youth shoot this Saturday (4/21) from 8:00-10:00 a.m. at the Charleston Sportsman's Club. NRA and 4-H certified instructors will be ...

St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Dorans will have its annual ham dinner and silent auction this Sunday (4/22) from 11:30-1:30. Dinner includes scalloped potatoes, green beans, salads, homemade pies and d...

One person died and another was injured in an accident last night in Clay County. According to the Illinois State Police, 67-year-old William Viehmeyer, of Clay City was attempting to pass another veh...

May 12th will by city-wide clean-up day in Charleston. The city will provide dumpsters at no cost, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the street garage and leaf and limb drop-off sites. Items that will NO...