Category Archives: Local News

CDC: Flu Still Widespread, Adds 13 More Pediatric Deaths (Atlanta, GA) -- The worst flu season in a decade is claiming more lives. The CDC reports there were 13 new flu-related pediatric deaths last w...

Former Trump Campaign Aide Rick Gates To Plead Guilty (Washington, DC) -- Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates is pleading guilty in Robert Mueller's Russia probe. Gates is set to plead guilty in fed...

EFFINGHAM - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Richland, Lawrence, Effingham and ...

UPDATED: Scott Lays Out Plan To Keep Schools Safe (Tallahassee, FL) -- Florida Governor Rick Scott is outlining his plan to keep schools safe. While speaking in Tallahassee today, Scott proposed a thr...

An arrest warrant has been issued for the man accused of setting the fire that destroyed Mother's Bar. 29-year-old Brian T. Griffin has been charged with aggravated arson for allegedly knowingly damag...

Bernie Sanders Staying Mum On Illinois Governor's Race (Chicago, IL) -- Bernie Sanders isn't taking side in Illinois' race for governor. The Vermont U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate yest...

Governor Rauner Says Illinois Still Sliding Into Abyss (Bloomington, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says the state is still sliding into the economic abyss. The governor delivered his message t...

SIU Carbondale Chancellor Blames Misunderstanding For Daughter's Perk (Carbondale, IL) -- The chancellor at Southern Illinois University's main campus is blaming a misunderstanding for his daughter mo...

Top Illinois Republicans Furious After Township Boss Insults AG Candidate (Springfield, IL) -- Republican leaders in Illinois are furious with a local township official who used a racial slur and ques...

Last night at 10:15 pm a 14 year old female juvenile was arrested in Effingham and charged with Making a Terrorist Threat. The charge alleges that the juvenile used Snapchat to make a threat of gun vi...