Category Archives: Local News

(Chicago, IL) -- The latest plan from Governor Bruce Rauner's administration to deal with Legionnaires' disease at the Quincy veterans home is to rebuild. Eventually. Illinois Department of Veterans A...

The Charleston Carnegie Public Library is hosting a button making event in which teens in middle school and high school can create custom buttons with a limit of 2 per student. The event is tomorrow, ...

7th Grade Sectional Volleyball: Winning teams advance to the State Tournament which begins Friday, March 9th Class 1A: Grayville defeats Shiloh: 25-18, 25-21   Class 2A: Paris Crestwood defeats D...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is reporting that identity theft is the top consumer complaint received by her office last year. It's the first time since 2007 that ID theft is...

  According to the Mattoon Police Department,the Mattoon Police arrested Camilla E. Krukewitt, 28 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Possession of Methamphetamine. The arrest occurred on...

I Sing the Body Electric of Sarah Bush Lincoln is partnering with the band, Attaboy, to bring a message of hope and "good choices" to students in Mattoon and Charleston schools. The band will give fou...

U Of I Grad Students Want Grades Delayed As Strike Continues (Urbana, IL) -- Graduate students at the University of Illinois want to hold-up grades as part of their strike. The union that represents g...

Peoria-Born MASH actor David Ogden Stiers Dead At 75 (Newport, OR) -- One of the most recognized faces on television in the 1970s has passed away. MASH actor David Ogden Stiers died yesterday at his h...

Southern Illinois Teen Arrested For School Threat (Mt. Vernon, IL) -- A southern Illinois teenager is behind bars, and will likely face terror charges after police say he threatened to shoot-up a scho...

Governor Rauner Taps CMS Boss For Quincy Vets Home Fix (Springfield, IL) -- The man in charge of buying things for the state of Illinois will now be in charge of fixing the problems at the Quincy vete...