Category Archives: Local News

FBI Digging For Buried Treasure In Pennsylvania? (Benezette Twp., PA) -- Some treasure hunters say they know why the FBI is digging in a remote spot in Western Pennsylvania: gold. Local treasure hunte...

The March 1st threat against North Clay schools has led to the expulsion of two students for two calendar years. However, the expulsions were held in abeyance if the students comply with alternative e...

The Effingham VFW will have a meal to benefit Catholic Charities Food Pantry and Centenary Methodist Church Food Box on March 16th. The menu includes fish, or chicken fried steak, with green beans, ma...

Villa Grove High School's Science Club is hosting a pancake fundraiser this Saturday (3/17) from 8:00-10:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Villa Grove. In addition to pancakes, they'll be servi...

High School Baseball: FINAL: Effingham 12, Triad 2 FINAL: Oblong 4, Wayne City 1 FINAL: Tuscola 16, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 0   High School Softball: FINAL: Monticello 9, Arcola 4 FINAL: ...

(Chicago, IL) -- On the day students across the country marched for relief from gun violence, the Illinois Senate advanced a number of gun measures. Senators sent Governor Rauner a bill for a three-da...

Mattoon Middle School Principal Jeremie Smith has accepted the position as principal at Fisher Middle School in Greenville, South Carolina. Smith, who has served at MMS since 2008, was named Illinois ...

(Dearborn, MI) -- Approximately one-point-four-million mid-size Ford vehicles in North America are being recalled by the automaker. The models affected are 2014 through 2018 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MK...

(Wayne, NJ) -- Toys R Us is planning to close all 800 of its U.S. stores six months after filing for bankruptcy. The Wayne, New Jersey based company has been in business for 70 years. As many as 33-th...

A traffic crash along I-74, eastbound, at milepost 189 in Champaign County Wednesday, March 14th leaves two with serious injuries. Preliminary details from Illinois State Police District 10 indicate U...