Category Archives: Local News

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Transportation will host Today's Challenge, Tomorrow's Reward on March 19 and 20 at the President Abraham Lincoln Springfield Hotel and Bank of Springfield Cen...

The kids' chess club will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and adult chess club will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on March 31st at the Mattoon Public Library. If you love to play, or would like to lear...

The inaugural CARE game at Lantz Arena was a huge success. According to EIU Athletics, the event raised more than $10,000 which was donated to the Sarah Bush Lincoln Regional Cancer Center. Area schoo...

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Champaign-Christian-Clark-Clay-Coles-Cumberland-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Effingham-Jasper-Logan-Macon-McLean-Menard-Moultrie-Piatt-...

Ground-breaking took place yesterday for the new Harmony Playground in Effingham. The playground will be located at Evergreen Hollow Park. Dirt work should get underway in a just a few days. The playg...

Speaker Madigan Warns Lawmakers To 'Keep It Professional' At Statehouse (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is once again reminding Illinois lawmakers about what he doesn't want t...

Illinois Gets Bicentennial Forever Stamp (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' latest 200th birthday gift is the gift that you can use forever. The state's Bicentennial Commission yesterday unveiled a foreve...

Governor Rauner's Office Says New Quincy Dorms Not Only Option (Springfield, IL) -- Maybe new dorms aren't coming to the Quincy veterans home. Governor Bruce Rauner's office yesterday said that all op...

Illinois Lawmakers Push Remap Amendment, Again (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are once again trying to change the way the state draws its political map. State Rep. Ryan Spain is pushing the l...

State Farm Announces Nearly 900 Jobs Will Be Cut (Bloomington, IL) -- Nearly 900 IT workers will soon be out of a job at State Farm Insurance's Illinois headquarters. The company yesterday said it is ...