Category Archives: Local News

Sarah Bush Lincoln's 29th Annual Golf Benefit is to be held Friday, June 8th, at Mattoon Golf and Country Club. Your day includes breakfast, lunch, heavy hors d' oeuvres, and a chance to win prizes on...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting the death of an individual who experienced severe bleeding and reported using synthetic cannabinoids, often called Spice, K2,...

WHO: Champaign-Coles-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Logan-Macon-Moultrie-Piatt- Shelby-Vermilion WHAT/WHEN: This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Illinois and east central Illinois. .DAY ON...

SPRINGFIELD - Do you know what public health is? If you have ever eaten at a restaurant, used a public swimming pool, gone to a hospital, needed an ambulance, or received a flu shot, you've received p...

Springfield- Illinois State Police (ISP) announced the results of the special enforcement memorial operation dedicated to fallen ISP Trooper James Sauter, who was killed in the line of duty on March 2...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (GI) among residents and staff at the Illinois Veterans' Home in Quincy (IVHQ). Based...

Chicago (Mar. 30, 2018) - As part of an ongoing effort to streamline government and avoid wasteful spending, Governor Bruce Rauner today issued an executive order abolishing 19 boards and commissions ...

CHICAGO (Mar. 30, 2018) -Governor Bruce Rauner today granted six and denied 33 clemency petitions. This is the twenty-fourth set of petitions the governor has reviewed since taking office. Each person...

A former Illinois man has been sentenced to prison for selling his 4-year-old daughter for sex on Craigslist. Former Springfield resident, 30-year-old Andrew Turley, will spend 60 years in prison on c...

The public is invited to join the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Prevent Child Abuse Illinois, other child welfare stakeholders, elected officials and more for a month-long obser...