Category Archives: Local News

SIU President Dunn Agrees With Funding Shift To SIUE (Carbondale, IL) -- The president at Southern Illinois University says he agrees with the plan to shift five million-dollars to SIU Edwardsville. S...

Illinois Comptroller Sends 350-Million-Dollars In School Payments (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois schools are finally getting paid under the state's new funding formula. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mend...

Taylorville Police Seize 41 Packets Of Synthetic Marijuana (Taylorville, IL) -- There's a bit less fake pot on the streets of central Illinois. Police in Taylorville yesterday said they seized 41 pack...

For Immediate Release SPRINGFIELD (Apr. 10, 2018) - Gov. Bruce Rauner issued the following statement on House Resolution 975, filed today to kill the progressive income tax legislation. "I am proud to...

Millennials Downgrade Illinois For Economic Troubles (Chicago, IL) -- Illinois is a top-20 destination for millennials, but it could be higher if the state wasn't such an economic mess. The latest rep...

Illinois Republicans Unified Against Progressive Income Tax (Springfield, IL) -- Republicans at the Illinois Capitol are going on the record now as being opposed to a progressive income tax. House Rep...

The Sullivan (IL) Summer Community Band invites all adult musicians and incoming high schoolers to join them for the June 28th concert in Wyman Park. Music to be performed includes marches, show tunes...

Tickets are still available for Mattoon High School's Project Graduation raffle. You could win a 2018 Hyundai Accent GLS, or $11,000 cash, along many other prizes. Tickets are $100 each, and you can s...

Pesotum - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 10 Commander, Captain Louis Kink, announces the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrol in Champaign County on April 6, 2018. These AC...

(Washington, DC) -- The Trump administration is removing Chad from the President's travel ban. The White House announced that Chad has raised its travel security standards, so people from there will o...