Category Archives: Local News

SPRINGFIELD - As recent widespread flooding demonstrates, severe weather can happen any time of the year. To help people prepare for weather emergencies, IEMA and local emergency management agencies w...

Volunteers are needed to help place Christmas trees in Lake Shelbyville for fish habitat improvement day, March 17th. They need help on shore, and assistance from those with large Jon boats as well. S...

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

Pesotum, Il. (02/28/18) - The Illinois State Police (ISP), assisted by the Champaign Police Department, conducted an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) Bar ID Check detail during the late evenin...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois voters could be asked for their opinion on legalizing recreational marijuana under a bill heading toward passage in the General assembly. The Illinois Senate has given its ap...

(Chicago, IL) -- A bill that would ban tackle football for kids under 12 is advancing in the Illinois House. Sponsors say the goal of the bill is to prevent traumatic brain injuries in children that c...

(Nashville, TN) -- Mike Huckabee is resigning from the CMA Foundation board of directors, less than one day after his appointment was revealed. Huckabee resigned today after facing mounting criticism ...

Visit Lake Land College and find out all the college offers at Laker Visit Day. The event will be held Friday, March 23 in the Luther Student Center starting at 9 a.m. and will run until noon. The eve...

Schools in the North Clay School District in Louisville are closed today due to rumors of planned violence. Administrations say near dismissal time yesterday, they received a tip of the alleged threat...

Illinois Lawmakers Act On Wave Of Gun Control Plans (Springfield, IL) - For all of the back and forth over guns at the Illinois capitol, just one proposed law is headed to the governor's desk. Both th...