Category Archives: Local News

(Chicago, IL) -- A state Senate committee is moving forward with a bill that would raise the age for buying tobacco in Illinois. The Tobacco 21 bill requires tobacco buyers to be 21 years old instead ...

Girls' High School Basketball: Regional Basketball: Winning teams advance to Regional Championship games Thursday (2/8) Class 1A: FINAL: Okaw Valley 58, Martinsville 29 FINAL: Central A&M 56, Arco...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Bears are bringing in Brad Childress to help first-time head coach Matt Nagy. Multiple outlets report the former Vikings head coach has been hired by the team as an offensive cons...

LERNA, IL -Celebrate the birth of Abraham Lincoln at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site on Saturday, February 10 with two special activities: The Saturday Story Series at 10:30 a.m. features the ch...

Lake Land College is pleased to guarantee a Presidential Scholarship to all eligible in-district high school graduates who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance. The scholarship covers th...

Clock Ticks As Govt Set To Run Out Of Money Again (Washington, DC) -- The government runs out of money late Thursday and fears are growing about another shutdown. In a Capitol briefing today, GOP Hous...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Cass-Champaign-Christian-Coles-De Witt-Douglas-Edgar-Logan-Macon-Mason-Menard-Morgan-Moultrie-Piatt-Sangamon-Scott and Vermilion counties DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONI...

Urbana Police Tout Fewer Marijuana Arrests (Urbana, IL) -- A lot fewer people in Urbana are going to jail for having marijuana, but a lot more people are getting tickets. Urbana Police Chief Sylvia Mo...

FBI Tapes Catch Pritzker, Blagojevich Talking Race And Politics (Chicago, IL) -- The Democratic frontrunner in the race for Illinois governor is trying to explain the latest taped conversations with f...

Governor Rauner Denounces Former Nazi Party Member For Congress (Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is condemning the Republican candidate for Congress in one suburban Chicago district...